cilium has definitions from the field of zoology
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[ noun ] (zoology) hairlike projection from the surface of a cell; provides locomotion in free unicellular organisms

Used in print

(LeRoy Fothergill, "Biological Warfare", in Peter...)

The natural anatomical and physiological defensive features of the upper respiratory_tract , such_as the turbinates of the nose and the cilia of the trachea and larger bronchi , are capable of impinging out the larger particles to which we are ordinarily exposed in our daily existence .

Related terms

organelle

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[ noun ] (zoology) any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids

Synonyms

lash eyelash

Related terms

hair hair eyelid

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