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English
Etymology
Latin fīlum (“thread”) + -aceous.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɪˈleɪʃəs/, /faɪˈleɪʃəs/
Adjective
filaceous (comparative more filaceous, superlative most filaceous)
- (rare) Composed of threads, stringy.
- Synonym: filamentous
1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. , London: William Rawley ; rinted by J H for William Lee , →OCLC:It is the stalk that maketh the filaceous matter commonly
1991, Mário A. Barbosa, Biomaterials Degradation:this organic layer on the ceramic is the remnants of the fibrin adhesive which appear as a short, filaceous structure of subcellular dimensions
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