antifibrillar

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English

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Etymology

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From anti- +‎ fibrillar.

Adjective

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antifibrillar (comparative more antifibrillar, superlative most antifibrillar)

  1. That acts against fibrils or their effects
    • 2015 August 4, Shivalika Pathania et al., “SerpentinaDB: a database of plant-derived molecules of Rauvolfia serpentina”, in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine[1], volume 15, →DOI:
      Its extracts have also been reported with a broad range of therapeutic effects such as antioxidant, antiaging, antihypertensive, anticancerous, antimalarial, antiinflammatory, antifibrillar, anthelmintic, antiarrhythmic, anticholinergic, antidysentry, antidiarrhoeal, antihypotensive, anticontractile, antipyretic, antidiuretic, sympathomimetic, and antipsychotic [ 10 – 12 ].