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fimbria

[ fim-bree-uh ]

noun

plural fimbriae
  1. Often fimbriae. Botany, Zoology. a fringe or fringed border.


fimbria

/ ˈɪɪə /

noun

  1. anatomy a fringe or fringelike margin or border, esp at the opening of the Fallopian tubes
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Derived Forms

  • ˈھ, adjective
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Other Word Forms

  • ھ·· adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fimbria1

1745–55; < New Latin; Latin fimbriae (plural) border, fringe
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fimbria1

C18: from Late Latin, from Latin fimbriae threads, shreds
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Under a microscope, the researchers could also see tiny, hairlike appendages called fimbriae that anchor the bacteria to the nose’s inner surface.

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Then, sometime between 12 and 50 years after the two of you left your grandmother, you burst forth and were sucked by her fimbriae into the fallopian tube.

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This part is fimbriated, as has been said, and one of the fimbriae—the Fimbria Ovarica—which is longer than the others, forms a shallow gutter which extends to the ovary.

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When the inflammation is adjacent to the ostium it leads to the matting together of the tubal fimbriae and glues them to an adjacent organ.

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For instance, all three of the strains shut down genes that make fimbriae, hairlike structures on the surface of the cell that help the bacteria adhere to surfaces.

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