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piliation

piliation noun: a covering of hair-like pili.

Noun

piliation (uncountable)

  1. A covering of hair-like pili.
    • A total of 300 bacterial cells were counted for each condition, and piliation on those cells was classified as bald (no pili), low (1 to 20 pili/cell), moderate (20 to 200 pili/cell), or abundant (>200 pili/cell).2015 June 30, Sarah E. Greene et al., “Human Urine Decreases Function and Expression of Type 1 Pili in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli”, in mBio, volume 6, →DOI

Words formed from piliation

Questions about piliation

What does piliation mean?
Piliation means a covering of hair-like pili.
What part of speech is piliation?
Piliation is a noun.

Words near piliation in the dictionary

  1. pili multigemini
  2. pili nut
  3. pili nuts
  4. pili torti
  5. piliated
  6. piliation
  7. Pilibhit
  8. Pilibosian
  9. pilicide
  10. pilicides
  11. pilicock

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