n, pl  -bri*ae   1  :  a bordering fringe esp. at the entrance of the fallopian tubes  2  :  a band of nerve fibers bordering the hippocampus and joining the fornix  3  :  a pilus of a bacterium fim*bri*al adj 
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  femora  fe·mur  vo·mer 
 
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