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Definition of Ciliate

1. Noun. A protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell.

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

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

4. Adjective. Having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections.

Definition of Ciliate

1. a. Provided with, or surrounded by, cilia; as, a ciliate leaf; endowed with vibratory motion; as, the ciliated epithelium of the windpipe.

Definition of Ciliate

1. one of a class of ciliated protozoans [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ciliate

ciliary movement ciliary muscle ciliary neurotrophic factor ciliary part of retina ciliary process ciliary ring ciliary staphyloma ciliary veins ciliary veins ciliary wreath

ciliary zone ciliary zonule ciliastatic ciliata Ciliata ciliate (current term) ciliated ciliated ciliated epithelium ciliated protozoan

ciliately ciliates ciliates ciliation ciliations cilice cilices ciliectomy cilio- Cilioflagellata

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