cilia

[US]/'sɪlɪə(r)/
[UK]/'sɪlɪə/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. cilia; small threadlike structures on the surface of a cell, used for movement or sensation.

Phrases & Collocations

Ciliated cells

Respiratory cilia

Example Sentences

This is an unfortunate name, because they are not cilia but long protoplasmic extensions.

The epithelial cells of the spermaduct wall have cilia on the dissociative side.

The results show that the gill surface of all five species have frontal cilia,lateral cilia and laterofrontal cirri.

Distichia (including ectopic cilia) is an eyelash that arises from an abnormal spot on the eyelid.

In addition,a new structure,frontal cirrus between the frontal cilia and laterofrontal cirri,is found only on the gill surface of Corbicula fluminea.

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