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Noun: fibrillation  ,fI-bru'ley-shun
  1. Muscular twitching involving individual muscle fibers acting without coordination
    "The patient's leg showed signs of fibrillation"
     
  2. 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