fi·bril·lin | \ ˈfī-brə-lin 
, ˈfib-rə- \
, ˈfib-rə- \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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