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n. Plural of cilium.

n. Irregular plural form of cilium.

noun-plural. The eyelashes.

noun-plural. Small, generally microscopic, vibrating appendages lining certain organs, as the air passages of the higher animals, and in the lower animals often covering also the whole or a part of the exterior. They are also found on some vegetable organisms. In the Infusoria, and many larval forms, they are locomotive organs.

noun-plural. Hairlike processes, commonly marginal and forming a fringe like the eyelash.

noun-plural. Small, vibratory, swimming organs, somewhat resembling true cilia, as those of Ctenophora.

n. Plural of cilium.

"Mutations impede the flow of chloride, causing the mucus to accumulate and impeding the hair-like particles called cilia from beating back and forth to clear out the mucus."

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