filum
a threadlike structure; filament.
Origin of filum
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How to use filum in a sentence
Cui filum sericum circumligatum, et sigillum cancellari impressum erat.
History of the Great Reformation, Volume IV | J. H. Merle D'AubignOf this division there seems to be only one small fragment, the filum Labyrinthi, consisting of but two or three pages.
Quidam commendant tanquam specificum, ad Anginam filum purpureum cum quo strangulata fuit vipera, si collo circumdetur.
This thread, the filum labyrinthi, is the new method of induction.
Suppose you were to put a groin out here, would not the filum fluminis be cast abruptly off across the channel?
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British Dictionary definitions for filum
/ (ˈfaɪləm) /
anatomy any threadlike structure or part
Origin of filum
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