Fibrillin
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A glycoprotein present in human skin, necessary for forming the elastic fibres in connective tissue. countable, uncountable
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From fibril + -in.
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