microvillar

M3I1C3R1O1V4I1L1L1A1R1

adjective

Of or pertaining to a microvillus

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Meanings

adjectivemicrovillar (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to a microvillus

    Brush border M1 tethers the microvillar core bundle to the plasma membrane of intestinal microvilli (3).

    1998 January 23, Valerie Mermall et al., “Unconventional Myosins in Cell Movement, Membrane Traffic, and Signal Transduction”, in Science, volume 279, number 5350, →DOI, pages 527–533
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    At about 90% of pupal development (pd), after the onset of rhodopsin expression at 75% pd, RTW microfilaments elongated commensurate with the increasing microvillar length and gathered into bundles (Fig. 1 D).

    2000 December 8, Hui-Yun Chang, Donald F. Ready, “Rescue of Photoreceptor Degeneration in Rhodopsin-Null Drosophila Mutants by Activated Rac1”, in Science, volume 290, number 5498, →DOI, pages 1978–1980

Origin

From micro- + villar.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with microvillar

millerkillerthrillerpillarfillerschillerchillertillerstillerdrillerdistillerspillerbillerpillervillargrillerswindlergillerwillerfibrillarSillertonsillartrillermyofibrillar
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Cite this entry
APA

microvillar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microvillar

MLA

“microvillar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microvillar. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microvillar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microvillar.

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