cilium

Significat (Anglès)

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.

Conceptes

cili

pestanya

Sinònims

eyelash

lash

cilia

Traduccions

cílio

ciglio

cil

pestaña

cilio

Wimper

cils

Cil

βλεφαρίδα

Geißel

Cilie

pestana

celha

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈsɪl.i.əm/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Borrowed from Latin cilium (“eyelid”).