fibre | (noun) a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth | Synonyms: fiber, vulcanized fiber |
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(noun) the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions | Synonyms: character, fiber |
(noun) any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber) | Synonyms: fiber |
(noun) coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis | Synonyms: fiber, roughage |
(noun) a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn | Synonyms: fiber |
fibreboard | (noun) wallboard composed of wood chips or shavings bonded together with resin and compressed into rigid sheets | Synonyms: fiberboard, particle board |
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fibreglass | (noun) a covering material made of glass fibers in resins | Synonyms: fiberglass |
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fibreoptic | (adjective) of or relating to fiber optics | Synonyms: fiber-optic, fiberoptic, fibre-optic |
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fibreoptics | (noun) the transmission of light signals via glass fibers | Synonyms: fiber optics, fiberoptics, fibre optics |
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fibril | (noun) a very slender natural or synthetic fiber | Synonyms: filament, strand |
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fibrillate | (verb) make fine, irregular, rapid twitching movements | - |
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fibrillation | (noun) act or process of forming fibrils | - |
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(noun) muscular twitching involving individual muscle fibers acting without coordination | - |
fibrillose | (adjective) covered with fibrils more or less evenly disposed | - |
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fibrin | (noun) a white insoluble fibrous protein formed by the action of thrombin on fibrinogen when blood clots; it forms a network that traps red cells and platelets | - |
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fibrinase | (noun) in the clotting of blood thrombin catalyzes factor XIII into its active form (fibrinase) which causes fibrin to form a stable clot | Synonyms: factor XIII |
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fibrinogen | (noun) a protein present in blood plasma; converts to fibrin when blood clots | Synonyms: factor I |
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fibrinolysin | (noun) an enzyme that dissolves the fibrin of blood clots | Synonyms: plasmin |
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fibrinolysis | (noun) a normal ongoing process that dissolves fibrin and results in the removal of small blood clots | - |
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fibrinopeptide | (noun) peptide released from the amino end of fibrinogen by the action of thrombin to form fibrin during clotting of the blood | - |
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fibrinous | (adjective) characterized by the presence of fibrin | - |
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fibroadenoma | (noun) benign and movable and firm and not tender tumor of the breast; common in young women and caused by high levels of estrogen | - |
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fibroblast | (noun) a cell from which connective tissue develops | - |
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fibrocalcific | (adjective) involving or resulting from calcification of fibrous tissue | - |
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fibrocartilage | (noun) cartilage that is largely composed of fibers like those in ordinary connective tissue | - |
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fibrocartilaginous | (adjective) of or relating to fibrocartilage | - |
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fibroid | (noun) benign tumor containing fibrous tissue (especially in the uterus) | Synonyms: fibroid tumor |
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fibroma | (noun) nonmalignant tumor of connective tissue | - |
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fibromyositis | (noun) local inflammation of muscle and connective tissue | - |
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fibrosis | (noun) development of excess fibrous connective tissue in an organ | - |
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fibrositis | (noun) inflammation of white fibrous tissues (especially muscle sheaths) | - |
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fibrosity | (noun) the quality of being fibrous | Synonyms: fibrousness |
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fibrous | (adjective) (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew | Synonyms: sinewy, stringy, unchewable |
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(adjective) having or resembling fibers especially fibers used in making cordage such as those of jute | Synonyms: hempen |
fibrousness | (noun) the quality of being fibrous | Synonyms: fibrosity |
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