"intermediate filament" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: intermediate filaments [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} intermediate filament (plural intermediate filaments)
  1. (biochemistry) Any of a family of twisted protein filaments intermediate in size between microfilaments and microtubules. Wikipedia link: intermediate filament Categories (topical): Proteins Translations (twisted protein filament): intermedier filamentum (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-intermediate_filament-en-noun-Xv3KXSUS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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