Akademik

filum

noun

a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)

• Syn: ↑filament

• Derivationally related forms: ↑filar

• Hypernyms: ↑structure, ↑anatomical structure, ↑complex body part, ↑bodily structure, ↑body structure

• Hyponyms: ↑hair, ↑pilus

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/fuy"leuhm/, n., pl. fila /-leuh/.

a threadlike structure; filament.

[1855-60; < L: a thread, filament, fiber]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.