Pilus

Synonyms for "pilus" (6 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
hairadhesive filament

Strong matches (1)

Noun(1 words)
cellular appendage

Related words (3)

Noun(3 words)

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

8 entries
bacterial appendagecell surface filamentfilamentfilumhairhairlike structurekeratinous filamentproteinaceous projection

More specific

5 entries
adhesive pilusconjugation pilusterminal hairtype IV pilusvellus hair

Collocations

6 entries
adhesive pilusbacterial piluscell surface pilusconjugation pilussex pilustype IV pilus

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

3 entries

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