ciliary
adjUK /ˈsɪl.i.ə.ɹi/ · US /ˈsɪl.iˌɛɹ.i/
Etymology From cilium + -ary.
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Biology, Natural sciences Relational Of, pertaining to or involving cilia.
- ciliary movement
- 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).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, →DOI, pages S389–S395:
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Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences Relational Of or pertaining to the eyelashes.
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Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences Relational Of or pertaining to the eyelid.
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Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences Relational Of or pertaining to the ciliary body.
- ciliary muscles
- Derived terms
- 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