ciliary
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɪl.i.ə.ɹi/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɪl.iˌɛɹ.i/
- Rhymes: -ɪliəɹi, -ɪliɛəɹi
Adjective
editciliary (not comparable)
- (biology, relational) Of, pertaining to or involving cilia.
- ciliary movement
- 2017 July 15, Harold C Wiesenfeld, Lisa E Manhart, “Mycoplasma genitalium in Women: Current Knowledge and Research Priorities for This Recently Emerged Pathogen”, in The Journal of Infectious Diseases, volume 216, number suppl_2, , pages S389–S395:
- In vitro and animal studies are exploring the effect of M. genitalium infection on the fallopian tube mucosa. Microscopic evidence of ciliary damage was demonstrated in human fallopian tube explants infected with M. genitalium, albeit the damage was more moderate than that seen with C. trachomatis or N. gonorrhoeae infection (Figure 2).
- (anatomy, relational)
- Of or pertaining to the eyelashes.
- Of or pertaining to the eyelid.
- Of or pertaining to the ciliary body.
- ciliary muscles
Derived terms
edit- anteciliary
- ciliary artery
- ciliary body
- ciliary ganglion
- ciliary muscle
- ciliary nerve
- ciliary process
- ciliary processes
- ciliary zonule
- circumciliary
- extraciliary
- interciliary
- intraciliary
- iridociliary
- mucociliary
- multiciliary
- nasociliary
- nonciliary
- periciliary
- postciliary
- preciliary
- retinociliary
- superciliary, supraciliary
Translations
editof or pertaining to the eyelashes
References
edit- “ciliary”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “ciliary”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Further reading
edit- “ciliary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “ciliary”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “ciliary”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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