ciliary
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɪl.i.ə.ɹi/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɪl.iˌɛɹ.i/
- Rhymes: -ɪliəɹi, -ɪliɛəɹi
Adjective[edit]
ciliary (not comparable)
- (biology, relational) Of, pertaining to or involving cilia.
- ciliary movement
- (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[edit]
of 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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- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱel- (cover)
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