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filariform

[fə-lâr′ə-fôrm′]

adj.

Resembling filariae or other types of small nematode worms.

Thin or hairlike.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

Examples from the Web for filariform

Historical Examples of filariform

Some other filariform nematodes have been imperfectly described.
Parasites
T. Spencer Cobbold
The young of this generation are the more slender "filariform embryos" (Fig. 111).
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis
James Campbell Todd
As to the nematoids, which were filariform, they neither corresponded in size nor structure with my strongyle embryos.
Parasites
T. Spencer Cobbold