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kinociliary

kinociliary adjective: of or pertaining to kinocilia.

Adjective

kinociliary (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to kinocilia.
    • With motion toward the kinociliary side of the cell, the longer stereocilia have the least resistance so that bending occurs near the distal end of the kinocilium as a distal arch of the ciliary apparatus.1972, Basic Aspects of Central Vestibular Mechanisms, page 72
    • The precisely organized staircase-like morphology of the hair bundle is maintained by a series of extracellular filaments between adjacent stereocilia: kinociliary links, ankle links, lateral links, and tip links.2011, Colleen G. Le Prell, Noise-Induced Hearing Loss: Scientific Advances, page 184

Questions about kinociliary

What does kinociliary mean?
Kinociliary means of or pertaining to kinocilia.
What part of speech is kinociliary?
Kinociliary is an adjective.

Words near kinociliary in the dictionary

  1. kinocidin
  2. kinocidins
  3. kinocilia
  4. kinocilial
  5. kinociliar
  6. kinociliary
  7. kinocilium
  8. kinodynamic
  9. kinodynamically
  10. kinodynamics
  11. kinoform

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