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Meaning of fibrillin | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A glycoprotein present in human skin, necessary for forming the elastic fibres in connective tissue.

countable, uncountable

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.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

fibrillinogenesis fibrillinopathy fibrillization fibrillogenesis fibrillogenicity fibrillopathy