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▪ I. fibrillate, a.|ˈfaɪbrɪlət|
[f. fibrilla + -ate2.]
= fibrillated.
1884tr. De Bary's Fungi i. ii. §13. 57 In large compound sporophores the surface of sections or broken pieces may often appear fibrillate even to the naked eye.
▪ II. fibrillate, v.|ˈfaɪbrɪleɪt|
[f. fibrilla + -ate3.]
1. intr. Of the blood: To turn into fibrillæ; to form fibrils or fibres.
1839–47Todd Cycl. Anat. III. 746/2 Place a drop of the colourless liquor sanguinis, before it fibrillates, on each of the large slips. 1854Jones & Siev. Pathol. Anat. ii. 29 It appears as an homogeneo-granular blastema..with more or less marked tendency to fibrillate or form actual fibres.
2. intr. Of muscle: to undergo fibrillation (sense 1 b).
1910T. Lewis in Heart I. 335 These variations are generated in the auricle and..are only present when the auricle fibrillates. 1960Brit. Med. Jrnl. 7 May 1381/1 Atria which were fibrillating at 37°C. ceased to fibrillate when the temperature was reduced to 27°C.
3. a. trans. To break down or split into fibrils or filaments (see fibrillation 2).
1929Clapperton & Henderson Mod. Paper-Making vi. 84 If our beater bars are too sharp we have great difficulty in fibrillating the fibres; instead we may cut them. 1958Times Rev. Industry May 17/2 The suspended pulp is then refined in two stages, chiefly to remove lumps and to fibrillate the individual cellulose fibres. 1969Sci. Jrnl. Nov. 23/3 When a 0·05 mm thick film of polyethylene was fibrillated it was found that string could be produced at nearly 30 metres/minute.
b. intr. Of a fibre: to split up into fibrils.
1942J. Grant Lab. Handbk. Pulp & Paper Manuf. v. 104 Esparto will not hydrate or fibrillate to any significant extent, although..it may be cut. 1952J. P. Casey Pulp & Paper I. vi. 339 Softwood fibers tend to fibrillate to a greater extent than hardwood fibers.
Hence ˈfibrillating ppl. a.
1854Jones & Siev. Pathol. Anat. ii. 30 A thin layer of..fibrillating material..unites and holds together the divided surfaces. 1875H. Walton Dis. Eye p. xxii, Its circumference is dark and fibrillating. |