filament

(fil’am rent) it famen tum. A delicate fiber or thread. Ὦ, fine hairs, or cilia, on the i af surface of the ciliary body of the eye. f., the central thread of the flagellum of a spermatozoén. linin f., a network The outer and The lumbricales mus- Same as filum term i nerminal (fil-am-en’tus). Composed of long, thread-like structures: said of bacterial colonies.