What does the word ciliary mean?
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Relating to the eyelashes, or to cilia. This epithet has, also, been applied to different parts, which enter into the structure of the eye; from the resemblance between some of them( the ciliary processes) and the eyelashes.
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[ Latin] Of pertaining to, or bearing the eyelashes; as C. border of the lids. C. muscle, a name sometimes applied to the palpebral portion of the orbicularis palpebrarum( see also C., 3d def.).
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[ Latin] Of, or pertaining to, or performed by cilia; as C. movement.
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[ Latin] Of or pertaining to the c. body as C. region; supplying the c. body, as C. arteries, C. nerves( long and short), C. ganglion(= ophthalmic ganglion); affecting the c. vessels, as C. injection; near or in relation with the c. body, as C. zone of the iris. C. ligament, the ligament attaching the iris to the corneo-sclera.
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Relating to ( 1) any cilia or hair- like processes, ( 2) the eyelashes, ( 3) certain of the structures of the eyeball.
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Pertaining to the cilia.
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