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Filum

//ˈfaɪləm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    a filamentous anatomical structure
  2. 2
    a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells) wordnet

Etymology

From Latin fīlum (“thread”). Doublet of file.

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