Cilium

/ˈsɪl.i.əm/

Synonyms for "cilium" (36 found)

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Closest matches (8)

Noun(4 words)
eyelashlashcellular projectioncilial projection

Strong matches (10)

Related words (18)

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More general

8 entries
body haircell organcell organellecell projectioncellular organelleeyelid hairhairorganelle

More specific

2 entries
motile ciliumprimary cilium

Collocations

6 entries
cellular projectionciliary apparatusciliary bodyhairlike projectionmotile ciliumprimary cilium

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

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Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

It is the deeper parts of such cells which give rise to delicate muscular fibres or networks of fibres, while the superficially placed body of the cell myoblast), the part which produces the above, performs other functions, and usually bears a cilium.

Source: wiktionary

The clockwise beating of cilia results in a net flow of extraembryonic fluid leftwards […]

Source: wiktionary

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