Medical Dictionary
filopodium
noun fil·o·po·di·um \ˌfil-ə-ˈpō-dē-əm also ˌfīl-\
plural fil·o·po·di·a \-ˈpō-dē-ə\ also fil·o·pods
Medical Definition of FILOPODIUM
: a long thin filamentous pseudopodium (as of a nerve cell or platelet)
—fil·o·po·di·al \-ˈpō-dē-əl\ adjective
Variants of FILOPODIUM
fil·o·po·di·um also fil·o·pod \ˈfil-ə-ˌpäd\
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