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filum

/ˈfaɪləm/

filum noun: a filamentous anatomical structure.

Noun

filum (plural fila)

  1. a filamentous anatomical structure

filum meaning in Tamil

filum in Tamil

இழை, நூல் உருவம்

Forms of filum

pluralfila

Origin of filum

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

Words formed from filum

Words that rhyme with filum

Questions about filum

What does filum mean?
Filum means a filamentous anatomical structure.
What is filum in Tamil?
Filum in Tamil is இழை, நூல் உருவம். See Filum meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is filum?
Filum is a noun.
How do you pronounce filum?
Filum is pronounced /ˈfaɪləm/.
What is the plural of filum?
The plural of filum is fila.

Words near filum in the dictionary

  1. filtride
  2. filtrides
  3. filtring
  4. filtroporation
  5. filtrum
  6. filum
  7. Filyaw
  8. Filyaws
  9. filé
  10. FIM
  11. fimasartan

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Adapted from Wiktionary: filum (page history and authors); filum (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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