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Definition of Ciliary

1. Adjective. Relating to the ciliary body and associated structures of the eye.

2. Adjective. Of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell.

3. Adjective. Of or relating to the human eyelash.

Definition of Ciliary

1. a. Pertaining to the cilia, or eyelashes. Also applied to special parts of the eye itself; as, the ciliary processes of the choroid coat; the ciliary muscle, etc.

Definition of Ciliary

1. Adjective. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to a cilium ¹

2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to ''eyelashes''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ciliary

1. pertaining to cilia [adj] - See also: cilia

Medical Definition of Ciliary

1. 1. Relating to any cilia or hairlike processes, specifically, the eyelashes. 2. Relating to certain of the structures of the eyeball. Origin: Mod. L. Ciliaris, relating to or resembling an eyelid, or eyelash, fr. L. Cilium, eyelid (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ciliary

ciggy cigs ciguatera ciguateras ciguateratoxin ciguateratoxins ciguatoxin ciguatoxins cilantro cilantros

cilastatin cilastatin sodium cilazapril cilia cilial ciliary (current term) ciliary arteries ciliary artery ciliary blepharitis ciliary bodies

ciliary body ciliary border of iris ciliary canals ciliary cartilage ciliary crown ciliary disk ciliary folds ciliary ganglion ciliary ganglionic plexus ciliary glands

Literary usage of Ciliary

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Manual of the diseases of the eye: For Students and General Practitioners by Charles Henry May (1907)
"The ciliary body is that part of the tunica vasculosa which extends backward from the base of the iris to the anterior part of the choroid ; it consists of ..."

2. Text-book of ophthalmology by Ernst Fuchs (1892)
"The ciliary * body is brought into view when the eyeball is bisected, ... At the anterior margin of the black zone rise the ciliary processes, about seventy ..."

3. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1868)
"A small, extremely narrow circular »pace, formed 1 the ciliary circle, ... Hisc, ciliary body — c. Ganglion, Ophthalmic ganglion. ciliary ..."

4. Diseases of the eye: A Handbook of Ophthalmic Practice for Students and by George Edmund De Schweinitz (1916)
"Sometimes sarcoma of the ciliary body assumes a flat and infiltrated character ... The ciliary body may also be invaded by sarcoma from the choroid or iris. ..."

5. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1900)
"These interlace with other similar bundles having a similar direction and thus constitute all round the ring of the ciliary region a flat radiate meridional ..."

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