Fibril

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fibril \Fi"bril\, n. [F. fibrille, dim. of fibre, L. fibra.]
     A small fiber; the branch of a fiber; a very slender thread;
     a fibrilla. --Cheyne.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  fibril
       n : a very slender natural or synthetic fiber [syn: {filament},
           {strand}]