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Ciliary   Listen
adjective
Ciliary  adj.  
1.
(Anat.) Pertaining to the cilia, or eyelashes. Also applied to special parts of the eye itself; as, the ciliary processes of the choroid coat; the ciliary muscle, etc.
2.
(Biol.) Pertaining to or connected with the cilia in animal or vegetable organisms; as, ciliary motion.





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"Ciliary" Quotes from Famous Books



... complex case, indeed. I have discovered ametropia in the particular form of irregular astigmatism. The pupil, covered by the unabsorbed remains of the pupillary membrane, is occluded by a deposition of inflammatory substance, occasioned by inflammation of the ciliary body. ...
— Mr. World and Miss Church-Member • W. S. Harris


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