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fiberscope
Fibonacci number
Fibonacci sequence
fibr-
fibre
fibri-
fibriform
fibril
fibrillate
fibrillation
fibrin
fibrinogen
fibrinolysin
fibrinolysis
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fibroblast
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fibrillate
fi·bril·late [ fíbbrə làyt ] (past and past participle fi·bril·lat·ed, present participle fi·bril·lat·ing, 3rd person present singular fi·bril·lates)


transitive and intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
beat or contract rapidly and irregularly: to undergo rapid irregular beating or uncontrolled contraction, or make the heart or muscles undergo this
[Mid-19th century. < modern Latin fibrilla (see fibril)]

fib·ril·la·tive adjective
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