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periciliary

periciliary adjective: surrounding a cilium.

Adjective

periciliary (not comparable)

  1. Surrounding a cilium

Origin of periciliary

From peri- + ciliary.

Words that rhyme with periciliary

7 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about periciliary

What does periciliary mean?
Periciliary means surrounding a cilium.
What part of speech is periciliary?
Periciliary is an adjective.

Words near periciliary in the dictionary

  1. perichromatic
  2. perichromatin
  3. perichromosomal
  4. periciazine
  5. pericicatricial
  6. periciliary
  7. pericine
  8. pericis
  9. pericladia
  10. pericladial
  11. pericladium

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