filum

[fahy-luh m]

noun, plural fi·la [fahy-luh] /ˈfaɪ lə/.

a threadlike structure; filament.

Nearby words

Origin of filum

1855–60; < Latin: a thread, filament, fiber

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Examples from the Web for filum

This thread, the filum labyrinthi, is the new method of induction.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1|Various
Of this division there seems to be only one small fragment, the Filum Labyrinthi, consisting of but two or three pages.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1|Various
Name from filum, a thread, in allusion to the cottony hairs of these plants.
The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States|Asa Gray
A small form is often found parasitic on Chorda filum, spreading out horizontally like the hairs of a bottle brush.
Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils|Peter Gray

Cui filum sericum circumligatum, et sigillum cancellari impressum erat.
History of the Great Reformation, Volume IV|J. H. Merle D'Aubign

British Dictionary definitions for filum

filum

noun plural -la (-lə)

anatomy any threadlike structure or part

Word Origin for filum

Latin: thread, cord, fibre

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Medicine definitions for filum

filum

[fī′ləm]

n. pl. fi•la (-lə)

A threadlike anatomical structure; a filament.