Other Word Forms
- interfilamentous adjective
- nonfilamentous adjective
- unfilamentous adjective
Etymology
Origin of filamentous
Example Sentences
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Her research aims to use injected filamentous hydrogel material to regrow heart tissue damaged after a heart attack.
From Science Daily • Feb. 12, 2024
Fungi establish deeply symbiotic relationships with trees and other plants through intricate underground networks of thread-like filamentous structures, which improve access to water and nutrients for the plants in exchange for carbohydrates.
From Salon • Sep. 7, 2021
Dangling from the bottom, like the tentacles of a jellyfish, was a mass of filamentous roots.
From Golf Digest • May 8, 2020
Everyone knows that the seeds, under silky, filamentous parachutes, ride the breeze far and wide.
From New York Times • Oct. 23, 2018
Genes reside on chromosomes—long, filamentous structures buried within cells that contain tens of thousands of genes linked together in chains.*
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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