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Definition of Flagellum

1. Noun. A whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor).

2. Noun. A lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa).

Definition of Flagellum

1. n. A young, flexible shoot of a plant; esp., the long trailing branch of a vine, or a slender branch in certain mosses.

Definition of Flagellum

1. a long, slender plant shoot [n FLAGELLA or FLAGELLUMS]

Medical Definition of Flagellum

1. Long thin projection from a cell used in movement. In eukaryotes flagella (like cilia) have a characteristic axial 9+2 microtubular array (axoneme) and bends are generated along the length of the flagellum by restricted sliding of the nine outer doublets. In prokaryotes the flagellum is made of polymerised flagellin and is rotated by the basal motor. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flagellum

flagellates flagellate diarrhoea flagellate protozoan flagellating flagellation flagellation flagellations flagellator flagelliform flagellin

flagellin flagellins flagellin N-methylase flagellosis flagellum (current term) flagellum (current term) flagellums flageolet flageolet flageolets

flagfish flagged flagger flaggers flaggier flaggiest flagging flaggingly flaggings flaggy

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