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fibrillin

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fi·​bril·​lin | \ ˈfī-brə-lin How to pronounce fibrillin (audio) , ˈfib-rə- How to pronounce fibrillin (audio) \

Medical Definition of fibrillin

: a large extracellular glycoprotein of connective tissue that is a structural component of microfibrils associated especially with elastin

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“Fibrillin.” The Merriam-Webster.com Medical Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/fibrillin. Accessed 7 December 2019.

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