Fimbria

2 definitions found

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

  Fimbria \Fim"bri*a\, n.; pl. {Fimbri[ae]}. [L., fringe. See
     {Fringle}.] (Anat.)
     (a) pl. A fringe, or fringed border.
     (b) A band of white matter bordering the hippocampus in the
         brain. -- {Fim"bri*al}, a.
         [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fimbria
       n : thin projections forming a fringe (especially around the
           ovarian end of the Fallopian tube)
       [also: {fimbriae} (pl)]