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cilium /cil·i·um/ (sil´e-um) [L.] singular of cilia.
cil·i·um (sl-m)
n. pl. cil·i·a (--)
1. See eyelash.
2. A microscopic hairlike process extending from the surface of a cell or unicellular organism, capable of rhythmical motion, and acting with other such structures to cause the movement of the cell or of the surrounding medium.
cilium.
See cilia.
cilium [sil´e-um] (L.)
singular of cilia.
cilium
pl. cilia [L.] see cilia.
cilium 
An eyelash (plural: cilia).
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