cilia
Biology. minute hairlike organelles, identical in structure to flagella, that line the surfaces of certain cells and beat in rhythmic waves, providing locomotion to ciliate protozoans and moving liquids along internal epithelial tissue in animals.
Anatomy. the eyelashes.
Origin of cilia
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How to use cilia in a sentence
Attorney cilia Flores, the first lady, is actually called “First Fighter.”
Venezuela’s Agony: Weak President, Strong Generals, Riots and Cocaine | Marcel Ventura | April 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen the quantity is very small there may be no cough, the sputum reaching the larynx by action of the bronchial cilia.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddThe cilia also send particles of food into a funnel-like opening, the gullet, on one side of the cell.
A Civic Biology | George William HunterThe locomotion of the paramœcium is caused by the movement of these cilia, which lash the water like a multitude of tiny oars.
A Civic Biology | George William Huntercilia found the suggestion excellent, and began hinting to Soren that he was suffering from sleeplessness and gout.
Dry Fish and Wet | Anthon Bernhard Elias Nilsen
cilia pondered over the matter for some time; she had never before known Soren to disregard her injunctions in that fashion.
Dry Fish and Wet | Anthon Bernhard Elias Nilsen
British Dictionary definitions for cilia
/ (ˈsɪlɪə) /
the plural of cilium
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