Meanings
nounintermediate filament (plural intermediate filaments)
plural intermediate filaments
- biochemistryAny of a family of twisted protein filaments intermediate in size between microfilaments and microtubules.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 中間絲 /中间丝
- 中間絲 /中间丝 (zhōngjiānsī)twisted protein filament
Hungarian intermedier filamentum
- intermedier filamentumtwisted protein filament
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