Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ciliary

/ˈsɪl.iˌɛɹ.i/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.20 in modern English

Syllables: cil-iary
IPA: /ˈsɪl.iˌɛɹ.i/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to or involving cilia.

adj

Of or pertaining to the eyelashes.

adj

Of or pertaining to the eyelid.

adj

Of or pertaining to the ciliary body.

Example Sentences

"ciliary movement"
"In vitro and animal studies are exploring the effect of M. genitalium infection on the fallopian tube mucosa. Microscopic evidence of ciliary damage was demonstrated in human fallopian tube explants infected with M. genitalium, albeit the damage was more moderate than that seen with C. trachomatis or N. gonorrhoeae infection (Figure 2)."
"ciliary muscles"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *-yom Proto-Indo-European *ḱelyom Proto-Italic *keljom Latin ciliumbor. English cilium Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English ciliary From cilium + -ary.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈsɪl.iˌɛɹ.i/
British English: /ˈsɪl.i.ə.ɹi/

Derived Forms

anteciliary circumciliary extraciliary interciliary intraciliary iridociliary mucociliary multiciliary nasociliary nonciliary periciliary postciliary

Phrases

ciliary artery ciliary body ciliary ganglion ciliary muscle ciliary nerve ciliary process ciliary processes ciliary zonule

Synonyms

ciliate cilial

Rhymes With

auxiliary biliary domiciliary miliary mucociliary superciliary atrabiliary supraciliary nasociliary iridociliary nobiliary retinociliary

Questions

How do you pronounce ciliary?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɪl.iˌɛɹ.i/.
What does ciliary mean?: Of, pertaining to or involving cilia.
Where does ciliary come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *-yom Proto-Indo-European *ḱelyom Proto-Italic *keljom Latin ciliumbor. English cilium Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English ciliary From cilium + -ary.

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