Medical Definition of Filiform papillae

1. Curved tapering cone shaped body on the tongue of rodents, of which the epithelial cell columns have been investigated in detail. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (22 Feb 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Filiform Papillae

filical
filicane
filicic
filicidal
filicide
filicides
filiciform
filicoid
filicoids
filiety
filiferous
filiform
filiform bougie
filiform nucleus
filiform papillae (current term)
filiform polyposis
filiform pulse
filiform wart
filigraned
filigree
filigreed
filigreeing
filigrees
filiment
filiments
filing
filing-cabinet
filing cabinet
filing cabinets

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