fibrillin

fibrillin

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Etymology

Etymology tree
English fibril
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Italic *-īnos
Latin -īnusder.
Old French -inbor.
Middle English -in
English -ineclip.
English -in
English fibrillin

    From fibril + -in.

    Noun

    fibrillin (countable and uncountable, plural fibrillins)

    1. A glycoprotein present in human skin, necessary for forming the elastic fibres in connective tissue.
      • 2007 May 3, The Guardian, page 3:
        Skin ageing, mostly caused by the effects of sun, he explained, is a result of damage between the epidermis and the dermis caused when a protein called fibrillin disappears.

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