Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ciliary"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ciliary \Cil"ia*ry\, a. [Cf. F. ciliaire.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ciliary
adj 1: relating to the ciliary body and associated structures of
the eye
2: of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a
cell [syn: {ciliate}, {cilial}]
3: or or relating to the human eyelash [syn: {ciliate}]
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