cilium
cilium
Definition
cil·ium (sil′ē əm)
noun
cilium
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- protozoan: To kick off the series we show the beating cilia of a protozoan using high power phase contrast.
- bottom: Cilia of the peristomial bottom laid out in regular lines which follow the contour of the peristome.
Converse of object
- beat: A video clip taken by Edward of the beating cilia of a protozoan using phase contrast was shown in the January 1999 Micscape.
- call: Tiny hairs, called cilia, move the mucus to the back of the throat where it is swallowed.
- have: Most animals, even humans, have cilia similar to those of ciliates.
- use: The body is covered with small hair-like processes called cilia used for locomotion.
- possess: The cells of the blastula possess cilia on the outside for swimming.
- cause: He believes that the growing intensity of microwave radiations will cause the cilia in the cochlea to resonate.
Adjective modifier
- peristomal: Excluding peristomal cilia, both images are 59 pixels across.
- trochal: At 50 minutes, the trochal cilia reached a length of 15 µm.
- hair-like: At the front of the body they possess a crown of hair-like cilia.
- long: It is enveloped by a thick and stiff cuticle, that bears the numerous and long cilia.
- nasal: The Hydro Pulse® System is clinically proven to stimulate and restore nasal cilia.
- tiny: It had a circlet of cilia very near its front end and what looked like tiny cilia on its protruding " nose.
Modifies a noun
- movement: In the Drug Free Approach, efforts are directed to restore cilia movement.
Noun used with modifier
