Piliation
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Piliation is a noun meaning A covering of hair-like pili.
Meaning
A covering of hair-like pili.
Example Sentences
A total of 300 bacterial cells were counted for each condition, and piliation on those cells was classified as bald (no pili), low (1 to 20 pili/cell), moderate (20 to 200 pili/cell), or abundant (>200 pili/cell).
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pilus, pilocyte, pilimiction, pinnule, petiolule, pellicle.
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