Meanings of filiform in English

The molecular mechanisms of filiform tongue papillae development however are not fully understood.

Patients received filiform fire needle therapy once every two weeks for 12 consecutive weeks.

In such cases the smallest size of the author's filiform bougies (Fig.

Excellent repigmentation is demonstrated after several filiform fire needle sessions in the vitiligo lesions.

Antennæ longer than the head and thorax, filiform, four-jointed.

The rootlets are filiform, and darker in color.

TASTE.-Taste-Buds.-Therearethree kinds of papillae or eminences on the human tongue,-the circumvallate, the fungiform and the filiform.

In conclusion, this study shows filiform fire needle therapy is an effective and relatively safe therapeutic option for vitiligo.

Timing of filiform papillae development was found to be slightly different between the midline and lateral regions of the wild-type tongue.

Background: Non-gustatory filiform papillae play critical roles in helping to grip food, drawing food to the esophagus, cleaning the mouth, and spreading saliva.