How to pronounce “pilus”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (biology) A hair.
• (microbiology) A hairlike appendage found on the cell surface of many bacteria.
• (biochemistry) A bacterial protein that has several biochemical functions.

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

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