Yet had no fibers in him, nor no force.
Chapman.
4. A general name for the raw material, such as cotton, flax, hemp,
etc., used in textile manufactures.
Fiber gun, a kind of steam gun for converting, wood, straw, etc., into
fiber. The material is shut up in the gun with steam, air, or gas at a
very high pressure which is afterward relieved suddenly by letting a
lid at the muzzle fly open, when the rapid expansion separates the
fibers. -- Fiber plants (Bot.), plants capable of yielding fiber useful
in the arts, as hemp, flax, ramie, agave, etc.
{ Fi"bered, Fi"bred } (?), a. Having fibers; made up of fibers.
{ Fi"ber-faced`, Fi"bre-faced` } (?), a. Having a visible fiber
embodied in the surface of; -- applied esp. to a kind of paper for
checks, drafts, etc.
{ Fi"ber*less, Fi"bre*less }, a. Having no fibers; destitute of fibers
or fiber.
Fi"bri*form (? or ?), a. [L. fibra a fiber + -form.] (Biol.) Having the
form of a fiber or fibers; resembling a fiber.
Fi"bril (?), n. [F. fibrille, dim. of fibre, L. fibra.] A small fiber;
the branch of a fiber; a very slender thread; a fibrilla. Cheyne.
||Fi*bril"la (?), n.; pl. Fibrill∆ (#). [NL. See Fibril.] A minute
||thread or fiber, as one of the fibrous elements of a muscular fiber;
||a fibril.
Fi"bril*lar (?), a. Of or pertaining to fibrils or fibers; as,
fibrillar twitchings.
Fi"bril*la*ry (? or ?), a. Of of pertaining to fibrils.
Fi"bril*la`ted (? or ?), a. Furnished with fibrils; fringed.
Fi`bril*la"tion (?), n. The state of being reduced to fibers.
Carpenter.
Fi*bril"lose (? or ?), a. Covered with hairlike appendages, as the
under surface of some lichens; also, composed of little strings or
fibers; as, fibrillose appendages.
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Fi*bril"lous (? or ?), a. [Cf. F. fibraleux.] Pertaining to, or
composed of, fibers.
Fi"brin (?), n. [Cf. F. fibrine. See Fiber.] (Physiol. Chem.) 1. A
white, albuminous, fibrous substance, formed in the coagulation of the
blood either by decomposition of fibrinogen, or from the union of
fibrinogen and paraglobulin which exist separately in the blood. It is
insoluble in water, but is readily digestible in gastric and pancreatic
juice.
2. The white, albuminous mass remaining after washing lean beef or
other meat with water until all coloring matter is removed; the fibrous
portion of the muscle tissue; flesh fibrin.
3. An albuminous body, resembling animal fibrin in composition, found
in cereal grains and similar seeds; vegetable fibrin.
Fibrin factors (Physiol.), the albuminous bodies, paraglobulin and
fibrinigen in the blood, which, by the action of the fibrin ferment,
are changed into fibrin, in coagulation. -- Fibrin ferment (Physiol.
Chem.), a ferment which makes its appearance in the blood shortly after
it is shed, and is supposed to be the active agent in causing
coagulation of the blood, with formation of fibrin.
Fi`bri*na"tion (?), n. (Med.) The state of acquiring or having an
excess of fibrin.
Fi"brine (?), a. Belonging to the fibers of plants.
Fi*brin"o*gen (?), n. [Fibrin + -gen.] (Physiol. Chem.) An albuminous
substance existing in the blood, and in other animal fluids, which
either alone or with fibrinoplastin or paraglobulin forms fibrin, and
thus causes coagulation.
Fi`bri*nog"e*nous (?), a. (Physiol. Chem.) Possessed of properties
similar to fibrinogen; capable of forming fibrin.
Fi`bri*no*plas"tic (?), a. (Physiol.Chem.) Like fibrinoplastin; capable
of forming fibrin when brought in contact with fibrinogen.
Fi`bri*no*plas"tin (?), n. [Fibrin + Gr. &?; to form, mold.]
(Physiol.Chem.) An albuminous substance, existing in the blood, which
in combination with fibrinogen forms fibrin; -- called also
paraglobulin.
Fi"bri*nous (? or ?; 277), a. Having, or partaking of the properties
of, fibrin; as, fibrious exudation.
Fi`bro*car"ti*lage (?), n. [L. fibra a fiber + E. cartilage.] (Anat.) A
kind of cartilage with a fibrous matrix and approaching fibrous
connective tissue in structure. -- Fi`bro*car`ti*lag"i*nous (#), a.
Fi`bro*chon*dros"te*al (?), a. [L. fibra a fiber + gr. &?; cartilage +
&?; bone.] (Anat.) Partly fibrous, partly cartilaginous, and partly
osseous. St. George Mivart.
Fi"broid (?), a. [L. fibra a fiber + -oid.] (Med.) Resembling or
forming fibrous tissue; made up of fibers; as, fibroid tumors. - - n. A
fibroid tumor; a fibroma.
Fibroid degeneration, a form of degeneration in which organs or tissues
are converted into fibroid tissue. -- Fibroid phthists, a form of
pulmonary consumption associated with the formation of fibrous tissue
in the lungs, and the gradual atrophy of the lungs, from the pressure
due to the contraction of this tissue.
Fi"bro*in (? or ?), n. [L. fibra a fiber.] (Chem.) A variety of
gelatin; the chief ingredient of raw silk, extracted as a white
amorphous mass.
Fi"bro*lite (? or ?), n. [L. fibra a fiber + -lite: cf. F. fibrolithe.]
(Min.) A silicate of alumina, of fibrous or columnar structure. It is
like andalusite in composition; -- called also sillimanite, and
bucholizite.
||Fi*bro"ma (?), n. [NL. See Fiber, and -oma.] (Med.) A tumor
||consisting mainly of fibrous tissue, or of same modification of such
||tissue.
||Fi`bro*spon"gi*Ê (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. fibra a fiber + spongia a
||sponge.] (Zoˆl.) An order of sponges having a fibrous skeleton,
||including the commercial sponges.
Fi"brous (?), a. [Cf. F. fibreux.] Containing, or consisting of,
fibers; as, the fibrous coat of the cocoanut; the fibrous roots of
grasses. -- Fi"brous*ness, n.
Fi`bro*vas"cu*lar (?), a. [L. fibra a fiber + E. vascular.] (Bot.)
Containing woody fiber and ducts, as the stems of all flowering plants
and ferns; -- opposed to cellular.