Filiform

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Having the form of or resembling a thread or filament.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Shaped like or resembling a thread or filament; filamentous.
  • adj. Having all component parts or segments cylindrical and more or less uniform in size.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Having the shape of a thread or filament; See Illust. of antennæ.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Like a filum in form; thready; filamentous; filaceous.
  • Pertaining to or having the characters of the Filiformia.
  • n. In surgery, a very slender hair-like bougie.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. thin in diameter; resembling a thread
    • Equivalent
    thin   
    Cross Reference
    filiform pulse    tarsi   
    Variant
    antennæ   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    filamentous   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    alveolus    medium-gain    arborescent    half-wave    phased-array   
     
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