pilus
(pī′lŭs)
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(pī′lī″)
pl. pili [L. pilus, a hair]
1. A hair.
2. In microbiology, any of the minute hairlike appendages found on the surface of many bacteria; fimbria.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Pilus." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/743683/all/pilus.
Pilus. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/743683/all/pilus. Accessed November 30, 2024.
Pilus. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/743683/all/pilus
Pilus [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 November 30]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/743683/all/pilus.
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