ciliated

About 0.54 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Having cilia.

   a ciliated leaf

2. adjective Endowed with vibratory motion.

   the ciliated epithelium of the windpipe

Similar words

ciliate rough planula nephrostome multiciliated polyciliate ciliform biciliate quadriciliate multiciliary

Often followed by

cells epithelium columnar and protozoa epithelial band cell groove

Word family

ciliate ciliation ciliations