Usually means: Protein fibers enabling cellular movement.
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  1. microfilament: Merriam-Webster
  2. microfilament: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. microfilament: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. microfilament: Collins English Dictionary
  5. microfilament: Wiktionary
  6. microfilament: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. microfilament: Dictionary.com
  8. Microfilament: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. microfilament: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. microfilament: Encyclopedia

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  1. microfilament: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. microfilament: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (microfilament)

▸ noun:  A thin filament made of the protein actin and found in cells; part of the cytoskeleton.

Similar:
myofilament, protofilament, tonofilament, actin, actinin, macrofilament, biofilament, nucleofilament, twinfilin, tonofibril, more...

Opposite:
macrofilament, large filament, thick filament

Phrases:
microfilament proteins, microfilament protein, more...

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Similar:
myofilament, protofilament, tonofilament, actin, actinin, macrofilament, biofilament, nucleofilament, twinfilin, tonofibril, more...

Opposite:
macrofilament, large filament, thick filament

Phrases:
microfilament proteins, microfilament protein, more...



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