Multiciliary

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having multiple cilia not-comparable

    "The pigmented epithelium is innervated by bundles of nerve fibres and contains multiciliary cells and round basal cells with epithelial projections, both of which could be sensory [3 ]."

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"The pigmented epithelium is innervated by bundles of nerve fibres and contains multiciliary cells and round basal cells with epithelial projections, both of which could be sensory [3 ]."

Etymology

From multi- + ciliary.

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