fibrillar

fibrillar definition - medical

fi·bril·lar (fīˈbrə-lər, fĭbˈrə-) or fi·bril·lar·y (-lĕrˌē)

adjective
  1. Relating to a fibril.
  2. Relating to the fine rapid contractions or twitchings of fibers or of small groups of fibers in skeletal or cardiac muscle.

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