piliation

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noun

A covering of hair-like pili.

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Meanings

nounpiliation (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA covering of hair-like pili.

    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).

    2015 June 30, Sarah E. Greene et al., “Human Urine Decreases Function and Expression of Type 1 Pili in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli”, in mBio, volume 6, →DOI
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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