cilium

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

ciglio

sinonimi

eyelash

lash

cilia

Traduzioni

cílio

pestaña

cil

cilio

cili

Wimper

cils

Cilie

Geißel

Cil

pestanya

Flimmerfortsatz

pestana

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈsɪl.i.əm/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Borrowed from Latin cilium (“eyelid”).