fimbria

[ fim-bree-uh ]

noun

, plural fim·bri·ae [fim, -bree-ee].

1. Often fimbriae. Botany, Zoology. a fringe or fringed border.

fimbria

/ ˈfɪmbrɪə /

noun

1. anatomy a fringe or fringelike margin or border, esp at the opening of the Fallopian tubes

Derived Forms

• ˈfimbrial, adjective

Other Words From

• fim·bri·al adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of fimbria¹

1745–55; < New Latin; Latin fimbriae (plural) border, fringe

Word History and Origins

Origin of fimbria¹

C18: from Late Latin, from Latin fimbriae threads, shreds

Example Sentences

Under a microscope, the researchers could also see tiny, hairlike appendages called fimbriae that anchor the bacteria to the nose’s inner surface.

From Science Magazine

Then, sometime between 12 and 50 years after the two of you left your grandmother, you burst forth and were sucked by her fimbriae into the fallopian tube.

From Forbes

This part is fimbriated, as has been said, and one of the fimbriae—the Fimbria Ovarica—which is longer than the others, forms a shallow gutter which extends to the ovary.

From Project Gutenberg

When the inflammation is adjacent to the ostium it leads to the matting together of the tubal fimbriae and glues them to an adjacent organ.

From Project Gutenberg

For instance, all three of the strains shut down genes that make fimbriae, hairlike structures on the surface of the cell that help the bacteria adhere to surfaces.

From US News