fimbria

n. [生物]伞, 毛缘

发音

/ˈfɪm.bɹi.ə/

词形变化

fimbriae 复数 fimbriae fimbriæ fimbriæ 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A series of threads or other projections resembling a fringe.

    An individual thread in a fimbria, especially a fingerlike projection around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube.

    医学 生物

    When a follicle is mature, the egg within it bursts out of the ovary, and the Fallopian tube's fingerlike fimbria reach out and grab it.

  2. 2.

    A series of threads or other projections resembling a fringe.

    A hairlike appendage found on the cell surface of many bacteria; used by the bacteria to adhere to one another, to animal cells and to some inanimate objects.

    生物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

process appendage outgrowth

词源

Learned borrowing from Late Latin fimbria (“a border, fringe”), from Latin fimbriae (“fibers, threads, fringe”). Doublet of fringe.

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