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Definition of Threadlike
1. Adjective. Thin in diameter; resembling a thread.
Similar to: Thin
Derivative terms: Filament, Thread
Definition of Threadlike
1. Adjective. having the form of a thread ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Threadlike
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Threadlike
Literary usage of Threadlike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Popular Encyclopedia: Being a General Dictionary of Arts, Sciences by Daniel Keyte Sandford, Thomas Thomson, Allan Cunningham (1836)
"HAIR ; the fine, threadlike, more or le« rhn> substance, of various form and
colour, which on* tutes the covering of the skin , particularly of ..."
2. Typhoid Fever Considered as a Problem of Scientific Medicine by Frederick Parker Gay (1918)
"Since criticism is made of bis description of this threadlike ... At all events,
the threadlike forms described by Klebs seemed to bun subsidiary to the ..."
3. Medical lexicon by Robley Dunglison (1860)
"... threadlike; filiform. Same etymon. Containing threadlike substances, as the
tunica filamentosa or decidua: ..."
4. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"... of olive- jointed threadlike seaweeds, whose spores are mostly external,
attached to the branchlets or formed in a swelling of their substance. ..."
5. Manual of antenatal pathology and hygiene by John William Ballantyne (1904)
"... the placenta showed threadlike hands, some of which hung free at one end while
others were attached at lx)th ends. It is reasonable to connect together ..."
6. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science; Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1854)
"Containing threadlike substances, as the tunica ... Filamentous urine; urine
containing threadlike substances. ..."
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