Cilia

Definition:

  • (n. pl.) The eyelashes.
  • (n. pl.) Small, generally microscopic, vibrating appendages lining certain organs, as the air passages of the higher animals, and in the lower animals often covering also the whole or a part of the exterior. They are also found on some vegetable organisms. In the Infusoria, and many larval forms, they are locomotive organs.
  • (n. pl.) Hairlike processes, commonly marginal and forming a fringe like the eyelash.
  • (n. pl.) Small, vibratory, swimming organs, somewhat resembling true cilia, as those of Ctenophora.

Compare cilia with other words:

cilia vs. ciliform

alveoli vs. cilia

cilia vs. epithelium

cilia vs. pseudopodia

cilia vs. velum

cilia vs. macrozoospore

cilia vs. protozoan

bronchitis vs. cilia

cilia vs. ciliated

cilia vs. cirri

cilia vs. rotifer

adenoid vs. cilia

cilia vs. ciliate

cilia vs. pilus

cilia vs. flagella