Noun: fibrillation ,fI-bru'ley-shun
- Muscular twitching involving individual muscle fibers acting without coordination
"The patient's leg showed signs of fibrillation"
- Act or process of forming fibrils
"The fibrillation of the protein is a key step in the development of certain neurological diseases"
Derived forms: fibrillations
Type of: branching, fork, forking, ramification, twitch, twitching, vellication
Encyclopedia: Fibrillation