FIBRILLATION

n. Fi-bri2l-a's hu3n. Lat., fibrillatio (from flbrilla, a fibril). Fr.,/. Ger., Faserung. 1. The formation of, or the division into, fibres or fibrillae. 2. The tendency of the so-called per i plastic substance to break up into certain definite lines. [Huxley (J).] Muscular f. See FIBRO-MYITIS. FIBRILLE (Fr., Ger.), n. Fe-brel-y', -brel'le5. See FIBRIL. Axenfn (Ger.). See Primitive FIBRILS. Bindegewebefn (Ger.), Bindegewebsfn (Ger.). See Connective-ti ue FIBRILS. Chromatisclie F'n (Ger.). See Nuclear FIBRILS. Elementarfn (Ger.). See Primitive FIBRILS. F'nbalkeii (Ger.). Bundles of fibre fibrils in the form of trabeculae, as in the a rach no idea spinal is. [J, 66.] F'band (Ger.), F'nbiindel (Ger.). A bundle of fs; a muscle-column. [J, 175.] See FASCICULUS. F'ncylinder (Ger.). A bundle of fibres or fibrils. [J.] F's du ti u conjoiictif (Fr.). See Connective-ti ue FIBRILS. F'nhautchen (Ger.). See FibrilS HEATH. F's nerve uses (Fr.). See Primitive FIBRILS. F'nscheide (Ger.). See Fibril-SHBATH. Haarfn (Ger.). See Hair FIBRES. Hornfn (Ger.). Fine, horny fibrils differentiated in the cortical cells of hair. [Waldeyer (J, 140).] Knotcheufn (Ger.). See Non-medullated NERVE-FIBRES. Muskelnervenfn (Ger.). The fibres or fibril lee of a nerve innervating a muscle. [J.] PrlmitivFn (Ger.). See Primitive FIBRILS. Staminf (Ger.). A nerve-fibre or fibril which gives off branches. [JJ Zellstofffn (Ger.). See Connective-ti ue FIBRILS. [s. 49]