different between cilium vs ciliary

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cilium (“eyelid”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?l.i.?m/
• Rhymes: -?li?m

Noun

cilium (plural cilia)

1. (cytology) A short microscopic hairlike organelle projecting from a eukaryotic cell (such as a unicellular organism or one cell of a multicelled organism) which serve either for propulsion by causing currents in the surrounding fluid or as sensors.

   Hyponym: primary cilium

2. (entomology) One of the fine hairs along an insect's wing.
3. (botany) Hairs or similar protrusions along the margin of an organ.
4. (anatomy) An eyelash.

Hyponyms

• ciliolum

Derived terms

Related terms

• supercilium

Translations

See also

• flagellum

References

• “cilium”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “cilium”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *?el-yo-m, which is derived from Proto-Indo-European *?el- (“to cover”). Compare Ancient Greek ????? (kúl?).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ki.li.um/, [?k?li???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?t??i.li.um/, [?t??i?lium]

Noun

cilium n (genitive cili? or cil?); second declension

1. (anatomy) eyelid

   Synonym: palpebra

   1. (transferred sense) lower eyelid

      Antonym: supercilium

2. (Medieval Latin, usually in the plural) eyelash

   Synonym: palpebra

Inflection

Second-declension noun (neuter).

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• cili?ris (adjective)
• intercilium
• supercilium

Descendants

References

• cilium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cilium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• cilium in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

English

Etymology

From cilium +? -ary.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?l.i.?.?i/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?l.i???.i/
• Rhymes: -?li??i, -?li???i

Adjective

ciliary (not comparable)

1. (biology, relational) Of, pertaining to or involving cilia.

2. (anatomy, relational)
   1. Of or pertaining to the eyelashes.
   2. Of or pertaining to the eyelid.
   3. Of or pertaining to the ciliary body.

Derived terms

Translations

References

• “ciliary”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “ciliary”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Further reading

• ciliary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• ciliary in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• ciliary at OneLook Dictionary Search