HyperDic: filum

English > 1 sense of the word filum:
NOUNbodyfilum, filamenta threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)
English > filum: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningA threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells).
Synonymfilament
Narrowerhair, pilusAny of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal
Broaderstructure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structureA particular complex anatomical part of a living thing
Spanishfilamento, filum
Catalanfilament, filum
Adjectivesfilarrelated to or having filaments (especially across a field of view as in the eyepiece of a telescope)

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