Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fibrillin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.24 in modern English

Syllables: fib-rillin
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A glycoprotein present in human skin, necessary for forming the elastic fibres in connective tissue.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Skin ageing, mostly caused by the effects of sun, he explained, is a result of damage between the epidermis and the dermis caused when a protein called fibrillin disappears."

Etymology

Etymology tree English fibril Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English fibrillin From fibril + -in.

Usage

Inflected Forms

fibrillins (plural)

Derived Forms

fibrillinogenesis microfibrillin

Questions

What does fibrillin mean?: A glycoprotein present in human skin, necessary for forming the elastic fibres in connective tissue.
Where does fibrillin come from?: Etymology tree English fibril Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English fibrillin From fibril + -in.

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