Word.ws English Dictionary

kinocilium

/ˌkaɪnəˈsɪliəm/

kinocilium noun: a special type of cilium on the apex of hair cells, located in the sensory epithelium of the vertebrate inner ear and involved in the senses of movement and hearing.

kinocilium: a special type of cilium on the apex of hair cells, located in the sensory epithelium of the...
Image: Ike9898, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Noun

kinocilium (plural kinocilia)

  1. A special type of cilium on the apex of hair cells, located in the sensory epithelium of the vertebrate inner ear and involved in the senses of movement and hearing.

Forms of kinocilium

pluralkinocilia

Origin of kinocilium

From Ancient Greek κινέω (kinéō, “to move, put in motion”) + Latin cilium (“eyelid”)

Words formed from kinocilium

Words that rhyme with kinocilium

Questions about kinocilium

What does kinocilium mean?
Kinocilium means a special type of cilium on the apex of hair cells, located in the sensory epithelium of the vertebrate inner ear and involved in the senses of movement and hearing.
What part of speech is kinocilium?
Kinocilium is a noun.
How do you pronounce kinocilium?
Kinocilium is pronounced /ˌkaɪnəˈsɪliəm/.
What is the plural of kinocilium?
The plural of kinocilium is kinocilia.

Words near kinocilium in the dictionary

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

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: kinocilium (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “kinocilium.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/kinocilium. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.