cilium

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Conceptos

pestaña

cilio

Sinónimos

eyelash

lash

cilia

Traducciones

cílio

ciglio

cil

Wimper

cils

cili

pestana

celha

pestanya

Cílio

Geißel

Flimmerfortsatz

Cilie

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈsɪl.i.əm/

Etimología (Inglés)

Borrowed from Latin cilium (“eyelid”).