ciliary
English
Etymology
From cilium + -ary.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɪl.i.ə.ɹi/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɪl.iˌɛɹ.i/
- Rhymes: -ɪliəɹi, -ɪliɛəɹi
Adjective
ciliary (not comparable)
- (biology, relational) Of, pertaining to or involving cilia.
- ciliary movement
- (anatomy, relational)
- Of or pertaining to the eyelashes.
- Of or pertaining to the eyelid.
- Of or pertaining to the ciliary body.
- ciliary muscles
Derived terms
- anteciliary
- ciliary artery
- ciliary body
- ciliary ganglion
- ciliary muscle
- ciliary nerve
- ciliary process
- ciliary processes
- ciliary zonule
- circumciliary
- extraciliary
- interciliary
- intraciliary
- iridociliary
- mucociliary
- multiciliary
- nasociliary
- nonciliary
- periciliary
- postciliary
- preciliary
- retinociliary
- superciliary, supraciliary
Translations
of or pertaining to the eyelashes
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References
- “ciliary”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “ciliary”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Further reading
- ciliary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- ciliary in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- ciliary at OneLook Dictionary Search