CILIUM


Meaning of CILIUM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsi-lē-əm ]

noun

( plural cil·ia -lē-ə)

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, eyelid; akin to Latin celare to conceal — more at hell

Date: 1794

1. : a minute short hairlike process often forming part of a fringe ; especially : one on a cell that is capable of lashing movement and serves especially in free unicellular organisms to produce locomotion or in higher forms a current of fluid

2. : eyelash

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.