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Ciliary

adjective

Relating to the ciliary body and associated structures of the eye.

Of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell. Synonyms: cilial, ciliate.

Of or relating to the human eyelash. Synonym: ciliate.

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"Ciliary" Quotes from Famous Books

... locomotion is effected by a modification of ciliary apparatus. We have a familiar example in the Beroe of our own seas, a most attractive little being, and a prime favourite with naturalists, who have described its habits and celebrated its beauty with enthusiasm. We shall not soon forget ...

— Chambers' Edinburgh Journal - Volume XVII., No 423, New Series. February 7th, 1852 • Various

... distinctly, by accurately converging the pencils of rays to a focus on the retina. Kepler likewise observed the power of accommodating the eye to different distances, and he ascribed it to the contraction of the ciliary processes, which drew the sides of the eyeball towards the crystalline lens, and thus elongated the eye so as to produce an adjustment of it for near objects. Kepler wisely declined to inquire into the way in which the mind perceives the images painted ...

— The Martyrs of Science, or, The lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler • David Brewster

Words linked to "Ciliary" : cilium, ciliary veins, ciliate, ciliary body, ciliary artery, cilial