cilium

Betekenis (Engels)

1. 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.
2. One of the fine hairs along an insect's wing.
3. One of the hairs or similar protrusions along the margin of an organ.
4. An eyelash.

Sinonieme

eyelash

lash

cilia

Vertalings

cílio

ciglio

cil

pestaña

cilio

cils

cili

Wimper

celha

Cílio

Cil

Geißel

Flimmerfortsatz

Cilie

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈsɪl.i.əm/

Etimologie (Engels)

Borrowed from Latin cilium (“eyelid”).