filament
(fil′ă-mĕnt )

[L. filamentum, threading]
1. A fine thread.
2. A threadlike coil of tungsten found in the x-ray tube that is the source of electrons.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Filament." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/748459/all/filament.
Filament. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/748459/all/filament. Accessed April 11, 2025.
Filament. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/748459/all/filament
Filament [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 April 11]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/748459/all/filament.
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