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fimbria
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fim·bri·a  (fmbr-)
n. pl. fim·bri·ae (-br-)
A fringelike part or structure, as at the opening of the fallopian tubes.

[Late Latin fimbria, fringe, back-formation from Latin fimbriae, threads, fringe.]

fimbri·al adj.
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Noun1.fimbria - thin projections forming a fringe (especially around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube)
appendage, outgrowth, process - a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process"


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This bacterium expresses adhesins such as filamentous hemagglutinin, pertactin, fimbriae (FIM), and toxins such as pertussis toxin, and adenylate cyclase-hemolysin (4).
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He dreams he cannot move; the dirt that covers him is alive with tiny roots, those translucent, hairy fimbriae that steal their sustenance from the soil, with delicacy, with polite persistence.
 
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