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fibril

[fahy-bruhl, fib-ruhl] / ˈfaɪ brəl, ˈfɪb rəl /




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Each fibril had to be carefully designed -- larger fibrils had weaker adhesion, while the smaller fibrils were hard to fabricate and prone to collapse and degradation.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2024

In addition, the scientists plan to investigate whether they can manufacture the protein fibril sponges out of other protein-rich byproducts or waste products from the food industry.

From Science Daily • Feb. 29, 2024

These findings highlight that fibril reorientation, straightening, stretching, and sliding are crucial mechanisms facilitating whole-disc compression.

From Science Daily • Feb. 13, 2024

At the mesoscopic level, polymorphisms can occur through different modes of binding between the protofilaments in a fibril.

From Nature • Nov. 8, 2016

Then why this fibril anxiety never to be long beyond call?

From Out of the Ashes by Mumford, Ethel Watts