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FILIFORM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does filiform mean?
• FILIFORM (adjective)
The adjective FILIFORM has 1 sense:
1. thin in diameter; resembling a thread
Familiarity information: FILIFORM used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Thin in diameter; resembling a thread
Synonyms:
filamentlike; filamentous; filiform; threadlike; thready
Similar:
thin (of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section)
Context examples
A benign condition of the tongue characterized by hypertrophy of the filiform papillae that give the dorsum of the tongue a furry appearance.
(Hairy Tongue, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
It is characterized by defective desquamation resulting in elongation of the filiform papillae.
(Hairy Tongue, NCI Thesaurus)
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