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Definition of Cilium

1. Noun. A hairlike projection from the surface of a cell; provides locomotion in free-swimming unicellular organisms.

2. Noun. Any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids.

Definition of Cilium

1. n. See Cilia.

Definition of Cilium

1. a short, hairlike projection [n CILIA]

Medical Definition of Cilium

1. Motile appendage of eukaryotic cells that contains an axoneme, a bundle of microtubules arranged in a characteristic fashion with nine outer doublets and a central pair (9+2 arrangement). Active sliding of doublets relative to one another generates curvature and the asymmetric stroke of the cilium drives fluid in one direction (or the cell in the other direction). This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cilium

cilio- Cilioflagellata ciliogenesis ciliolate ciliophora Ciliophora ciliophoran ciliophora infections cilioretinal cilioscleral

ciliospinal ciliospinal centre ciliospinal reflex ciliotoxicity cilium (current term) cilium (current term) cill cillo Cillobacterium cillosis

cills CIM Cimabue cimar cimarron Cimarron River cimars cimbalom cimbaloms cimelia

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