filamentation

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English

A bacterial cell that has undergone filamentation following antibiotic treatment (top right of image)

Etymology

From filament +‎ -ation.

Noun

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filamentation

filamentation (countable and uncountable, plural filamentations)

The growth of filaments.
(biology) An anomalous growth of certain bacteria in which they continue to elongate but do not divide.

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