Filiform

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  • adjective. Having the form of or resembling a thread or filament.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In surgery, a very slender hair-like bougie.
  • Like a filum in form; thready; filamentous; filaceous.
  • Pertaining to or having the characters of the Filiformia.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Having the shape of a thread or filament; See Illust. of antennæ.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Shaped like or resembling a thread or filament; filamentous.
  • adjective. Having all component parts or segments cylindrical and more or less uniform in size.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. thin in diameter; resembling a thread
  • Word Usage
    "There are at least five known types of warts that are caused by a number of HPV strains: common warts (often found on the hands and scalp); filiform warts (common in those who are overweight and often appear on the face and armpits); periungual warts (usually appearing around the fingernails); flat warts (smaller than the common warts and appear in clusters on the hands and legs); and plantar warts."
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