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fibril

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




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Every additional fibril allows for more weight to be supported.

From Science Daily Apr. 29, 2024

Their highly sustainable new method is based on a protein fibril sponge, which the scientists derive from whey, a food industry byproduct.

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

Each protein molecule contributes two windings of a helix to the length of the fibril so that the β-strands alternate between intermolecular and intramolecular hydrogen bonding along the axis of the fibre.

From Nature Nov. 8, 2016

Each of the minute fibrils of the muscles has a small conducting nerve connecting it with the brain or spinal marrow, and in this respect each muscular fibril is separate from every other.

From American Woman's Home by Beecher, Catharine Esther




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