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.

Sinónimos

eyelash

lash

cilia

Traducións

cílio

ciglio

cil

pestaña

cilio

cils

cili

Wimper

celha

Cílio

Cil

Geißel

Flimmerfortsatz

Cilie

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˈsɪl.i.əm/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Borrowed from Latin cilium (“eyelid”).