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Synonyms for filament
ˈfɪl ə məntfil·a·ment
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Princeton's WordNet
fibril, filament, strandnoun
a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
filamentnoun
the stalk of a stamen
filament, filumnoun
a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)
filamentnoun
a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current
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List of paraphrases for "filament":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1567 | string | |
#2242 | chain | |
#4652 | lamp | |
#5738 | lamps | |
#8561 | strand | |
#9233 | needle | |
#15771 | flashlight | |
#27883 | filament | |
#31206 | incandescent | |
#34545 | filaments | |
#146327 | fibril |
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This is early; it's more about understanding the mechanism involved in fertilization and how you can block the formation of this filament.
Knowing which parts of tau are important for filament formation is relevant for the development of drugs.
The ones that we have on the market now are very, very safe; they are very different from the ones that came out in the ‘80s, [like] the DalkonShield that did have a high risk of pelvic inflammatory disease, one of the main differences was that it had a braded filament--a piece of string that hangs into the vagina-- and bacteria lived in the crevices in the string, which increased the risk of getting pelvic inflammatory disease, which can lead to scarring and blocked fallopian tubes. This caused a scare and caused companies to pull all IUDs [off the shelves] except for the copper IUD. But today, the string is much smoother so the bacteria can’t cling on as easily.
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