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Cilium
Meaning
Noun
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In Cytology:
A
short
microscopic
hairlike
organelle
projecting
from a
eukaryotic
cell (such as a
unicellular
organism
or one cell of a
multicelled
organism
) which
serve
either for
propulsion
by
causing
currents
in the
surrounding
fluid
or as sensors.
●
In Entomology:
One of the
fine
hairs
along an insect's wing.
●
In Botany:
Hairs or
similar
protrusions
along the
margin
of an organ.
●
In Anatomy:
An eyelash.
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Related
Cell
Nucleus
Mitochondrion
Centrosome
Flagellum
Rhymes
Ileum
Ilium
Cilium
Milium
Pileum
Reptilium
Kinocilium
Supercilium
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