fimbria Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun thin projections forming a fringe (especially around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube)

WordNet

Fim"bri*a noun
Etymology
L., fringe. See Fringle.
Wordforms
plural Fimbriæ
Definitions
  1. (Anat.) (a) pl. A fringe, or fringed border. (b) A band of white matter bordering the hippocampus in the brain. -- Fim"bri*al a.

Webster 1913