ciliary
/ˈsɪl.i.ə.ɹi/US/ˈsɪl.iˌɛɹ.i/
ciliary adjective: of, pertaining to or involving cilia.
Adjective
ciliary (not comparable)
- 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...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...
- Of or pertaining to the eyelashes.
- Of or pertaining to the eyelid.
- Of or pertaining to the ciliary body.
- ciliary muscles
ciliary meaning in Tamil
ciliary in Tamil
- பிசிரான
Origin of ciliary
From cilium + -ary.
Words formed from ciliary
- 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
Phrases with ciliary
- ciliary bodies
- ciliary nerves
- ciliary muscles
- ciliary zonules
- ciliary arteries
- long ciliary nerve
- short ciliary nerve
- anterior ciliary artery
- anterior ciliary arteries
- long posterior ciliary artery
- short posterior ciliary artery
- long posterior ciliary arteries
1 more phrasesFewer phrases
Words that rhyme with ciliary
- auxiliary
- miliary
- atrabiliary
- nasociliary
- biliary
- circumciliary
- domiciliary
- extraciliary
- interciliary
- intraciliary
- iridociliary
- mucociliary
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Questions about ciliary
- What does ciliary mean?
- Ciliary means of, pertaining to or involving cilia.
- What is ciliary in Tamil?
- Ciliary in Tamil is பிசிரான. See Ciliary meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is ciliary?
- Ciliary is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce ciliary?
- Ciliary is pronounced /ˈsɪl.i.ə.ɹi/ (UK).
Words near ciliary in the dictionary
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