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neuristor — /noo ris teuhr, nyoo /, n. a microelectronic fiberlike device used in information processing. [1955 60; NEUR + istor, as in transistor; so named because it acts like a nerve fiber] * * * … Universalium
cone fiber — a fiberlike extension of a retinal cone, running from the inner segment of the dendrite to the nucleus to the pedicle … Medical dictionary
rod fiber — a fiberlike extension of a retinal rod, running from the inner segment of the dendrite to the nucleus to the spherule … Medical dictionary
fiber — [fī′bər] n. [Fr fibre < L fibra, akin to filum, thread: see FILE1] 1. a) a slender, threadlike structure that combines with others to form animal or vegetable tissue b) the tissue so formed [muscle fiber] 2. a slender, threadlike structure… … English World dictionary
burbark — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) Etymology: burr (prickly envelope) + bark 1. : the bark of certain tropical shrubs of the genus Triumfetta (especially T. rhomboidea and T. semitriloba) that yield a fiberlike jute … Useful english dictionary
fi|broid — «FY broyd», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. made up of fibers or fibrous tissue: »a fibroid tumor. 2. of fiberlike structure. –n. a tumor made up of fibers or fibrous tissue … Useful english dictionary
