English words starting with fi - page 1

Meanings of Fibres:

noun

A thread or filament from which a vegetable tissue, mineral substance, or textile is formed.

Usage examples:

The basket comes lined with natural coco fibres

Meanings of Fibrillar:

adjective

Relating to, of the nature of, or characteristic of a small or slender fibre.

Usage examples:

Mitochondria show up as long fibrillar structures

Meanings of Fibrillate:

verb

(of a muscle, especially in the heart) make a quivering movement due to uncoordinated contraction of the individual fibrils.

Usage examples:

The atria ceased to fibrillate when the temperature was reduced

Meanings of Fibrillated:

verb

(of a muscle, especially in the heart) make a quivering movement due to uncoordinated contraction of the individual fibrils.

Usage examples:

The atria ceased to fibrillate when the temperature was reduced

Meanings of Fibrillating:

verb

(of a muscle, especially in the heart) make a quivering movement due to uncoordinated contraction of the individual fibrils.

Usage examples:

The atria ceased to fibrillate when the temperature was reduced

Meanings of Fibrillation:

noun

Irregular, rapid contractions of muscles, especially the heart

Usage examples:

Atrial/ventricular fibrillation

Meanings of Fibrils:

noun

A small or slender fibre.

Usage examples:

Each muscle fibre is subdivided into smaller fibrils

Meanings of Fibrin:

noun

An insoluble protein formed from fibrinogen during the clotting of blood. it forms a fibrous mesh that impedes the flow of blood.

Usage examples:

Plasminogen binds to both fibrinogen and fibrin, thereby being incorporated into a clot as it is fo…

Meanings of Fibrinogenic:

noun

A soluble protein present in blood plasma, from which fibrin is produced by the action of the enzyme thrombin.

Usage examples:

The objective of this complex process is to convert a soluble plasma protein, fibrinogen, to an ins…

Meanings of Fibrinolysis:

noun

The enzymatic breakdown of the fibrin in blood clots.

Usage examples:

Molecular markers related to hemostasis and fibrinolysis consist of proteins or peptides that indic…

Meanings of Fibro:

noun

A mixture of sand, cement, and cellulose fibre, used in sheets for building.

Usage examples:

Fibro cladding on the outside walls and eaves of houses is the most obvious form of asbestos cement…

combining form

Relating to or characterized by fibres.

Usage examples:

Fibroblast

Meanings of Fibroadenoma:

noun

A tumour formed of mixed fibrous and glandular tissue, typically occurring as a benign growth in the breast.

Usage examples:

There are benign breast tumors called fibroadenomas (some women call the ‘fibroids’), which are par…

Meanings of Fibrocartilage:

noun

A type of cartilage that contains groups of collagen fibres (= an important protein found in the body)

Meanings of Fibrocement:

noun

A building material in sheet form, consisting of a compressed mixture of sand, cement, and cellulose fibre.

Usage examples:

Lovely homes made of wood and fibro-cement are rising up everywhere

Meanings of Fibrocystic:

adjective

(of a disease) characterized by the development of fibrous tissue and cystic spaces, typically in the pancreas or the breast.

Usage examples:

Women with a fibrocystic disease should continue to do breast self-examination.

Meanings of Fibroid:

adjective

Of or characterized by fibres or fibrous tissue.

Usage examples:

The researchers hypothesize that the underexpression of these genes in uterine fibroids might expla…

noun

A benign tumour of muscular and fibrous tissues, typically developing in the wall of the uterus.

Usage examples:

Uterine fibroids are benign tumours developing from the smooth muscles of the uterine wall which ca…

Meanings of Fibroids:

noun

A benign tumour of muscular and fibrous tissues, typically developing in the wall of the uterus.

Usage examples:

Uterine fibroids are benign tumours developing from the smooth muscles of the uterine wall which ca…

adjective

Of or characterized by fibres or fibrous tissue.

Usage examples:

The researchers hypothesize that the underexpression of these genes in uterine fibroids might expla…

Meanings of Fibroin:

noun

A protein which is the chief constituent of silk.

Usage examples:

Molecular elasticity is associated with a select number of polypeptides and proteins, such as titin…

Meanings of Fibroma:

noun

A benign fibrous tumour of connective tissue.

Usage examples:

Lipomas, hemangiomas, neuromas, and fibromas are benign neoplasms that occur in the neck.

Meanings of Fibromas:

noun

A benign fibrous tumour of connective tissue.

Usage examples:

Lipomas, hemangiomas, neuromas, and fibromas are benign neoplasms that occur in the neck.

Meanings of Fibromata:

noun

A benign fibrous tumour of connective tissue.

Usage examples:

Lipomas, hemangiomas, neuromas, and fibromas are benign neoplasms that occur in the neck.

Meanings of Fibrosarcoma:

noun

A sarcoma in which the predominant cell type is a malignant fibroblast.

Usage examples:

Unclassifiable spindle cell sarcoma, fibrosarcoma, or malignant fibrohistiocytoma may resemble the …

Meanings of Fibrous:

adjective

Consisting of or characterized by fibres.

Usage examples:

A good fibrous root system

Meanings of Fibs:

noun

A lie, typically an unimportant one.

Usage examples:

Why did you tell him such a dreadful fib?

verb

Tell a fib.

Usage examples:

But a cornell professor recently claimed to have established the truth of a curious proposition: we…

Meanings of Fibster:

noun

A person who tells lies.

Usage examples:

They delighted in neatness, could not endure sluts, and even hated fibsters, tell-tales, and divulg…