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filum

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈfaɪləm/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aɪləm
  • homophone: phylum

1

noun

Meaning 1

a filamentous anatomical structure

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: filament

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure

Narrower terms: hair, pilus

History

Etymology

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