1. filamentous - Adjective
2. filamentous - Adjective Satellite
Like a thread; consisting of threads or filaments.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAn altogether different phage type, the filamentous phages, make the host cell continually secrete new virus particles. Source: Internet
Colonization of the small intestine also requires the toxin coregulated pilus (TCP), a thin, flexible, filamentous appendage on the surface of bacterial cells. Source: Internet
Basidiomycota are filamentous fungi composed of hyphae (except for yeasts), and reproduce sexually via the formation of specialized club-shaped end cells called basidia that normally bear external meiospores (usually four). Source: Internet
The integrins thus serve to link two networks across the plasma membrane: the extracellular ECM and the intracellular actin filamentous system. Source: Internet
Other morphologies have also been described: spindle shaped, rod shaped, filamentous, icosahedral and spherical. Source: Internet
Each stereocilium inserts as a rootlet into a dense filamentous actin mesh known as the cuticular plate. Source: Internet