📚 noun • entry_id 49765
fimbria
/ˈfɪm.bɹi.ə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
fimbria
A series of threads or other projections resembling a fringe.
When a follicle is mature, the egg within it bursts out of the ovary, and the Fallopian tube's fingerlike fimbria reach out and grab it.
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