ciliary

Of, pertaining to or involving cilia.

Adjective

  1. Of, pertaining to or involving cilia.
    • ciliary movement
    • In vitro and animal studies are exploring the effect of M. genitalium infection on the fallopian tube mucosa. Microscopic evidence of ciliary damage was demonstrated in human fallopian tube explants infected with M....
  2. Of or pertaining to the eyelashes.
  3. Of or pertaining to the eyelid.
  4. Of or pertaining to the ciliary body.
    • ciliary muscles

Origin

Etymology tree Latin ciliumbor. English cilium Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English ciliary From cilium + -ary.

Derived

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