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Get to know Cilium better with 8 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like organelle or eyelash.

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Cilium meaning

  1. A short microscopic hairlike organelle projecting from a eukaryotic cell (such as a unicellular organism or one cell of a multicelled organism) which serve either for propulsion by causing currents in the surrounding fluid or as sensors.
  2. One of the fine hairs along an insect's wing.
  3. One of the hairs or similar protrusions along the margin of an organ.

Synonyms of Cilium

organelle cell organelle cell organ eyelash lash hair

Related words

Other words often associated with Cilium or its synonyms:

organ fuzz fabric welt whisker filament whiplash beat slash flog pilus trounce

Using Cilium

  • The main meaning on this page is: A short microscopic hairlike organelle projecting from a eukaryotic cell (such as a unicellular organism or one cell of a multicelled organism) which serve either for propulsion by causing currents in the surrounding fluid or as sensors. | One of the fine hairs along an insect's wing. | One of the hairs or similar protrusions along the margin of an organ.
  • Useful related words include: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ, eyelash.
  • In the example corpus, cilium often appears in combinations such as: primary cilium, cilium or.

Context around Cilium

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

primary 3× motile 1×

Sentence patterns with Cilium

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a motile cilium has two 1× along a cilium or flagellum 1× motile primary cilium 1× movement and cilium or the 1× of a cilium 1× pathway from cilium to nucleus 1× the primary cilium 1× the primary cilium was discovered 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

although the primary 1× ciliary rootlet the 1× in comparison to 1× in eukaryotic unicellular 1× only recently has 1× the action of 1×

Common sentence endings:

9 2 axoneme 1× and other roles 1× cilium to nucleus 1× for a century 1× main effectors e 1× motile primary cilium 1×

Words around Cilium

Just before it in the word index:

cilip 2 cilicians 2 cilician 2 cilicia 16 cilic 55 ciliates 2

Just after it in the word index:

cilka 3 cill 10 cilla 17 cillessen 7 cillian 60 cilliers 12

Similar in corpus frequency:

aargau 11 abacos 11 abboud 11 abbreviate 11 abdelkader 11 abdomens 11

Corpus analysis for Cilium

  • In this selection, "cilium" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, primary and motile stand out and add context to how "cilium" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a motile cilium has two and along a cilium or flagellum. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "cilium" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with cilium

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The conserved ancestral signaling pathway from cilium to nucleus. (9 words)

Although the primary cilium was discovered in 1898, it was largely ignored for a century. (15 words)

Only recently has great progress been made in understanding the function of the primary cilium. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

The axoneme of primary cilia typically has a ring of nine outer microtubule doublets (called a 9+0 axoneme), and the axoneme of a motile cilium has two central microtubule singlets in addition to the nine outer doublets (called a 9+2 axoneme). (43 words)

The action of the dynein motor proteins on the various microtubule strands that run along a cilium or flagellum allows the organelle to bend and generate force for swimming, moving extracellular material, and other roles. (35 words)

In comparison to motile cilia, non-motile (or primary) cilia usually occur one per cell; nearly all mammalian cells have a single non-motile primary cilium. (26 words)

Example sentences (8)

The conserved ancestral signaling pathway from cilium to nucleus.

Although the primary cilium was discovered in 1898, it was largely ignored for a century.

Ciliary rootlet The ciliary rootlet is a cytoskeleton-like structure that originates from the basal body at the proximal end of a cilium.

In comparison to motile cilia, non-motile (or primary) cilia usually occur one per cell; nearly all mammalian cells have a single non-motile primary cilium.

In eukaryotic unicellular cells, amoeboid movement and cilium or the eukaryotic flagellum are the main effectors (e.

Only recently has great progress been made in understanding the function of the primary cilium.

The action of the dynein motor proteins on the various microtubule strands that run along a cilium or flagellum allows the organelle to bend and generate force for swimming, moving extracellular material, and other roles.

The axoneme of primary cilia typically has a ring of nine outer microtubule doublets (called a 9+0 axoneme), and the axoneme of a motile cilium has two central microtubule singlets in addition to the nine outer doublets (called a 9+2 axoneme).

Common combinations with cilium

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "cilium" in a sentence?
An example: "The conserved ancestral signaling pathway from cilium to nucleus." This page contains 8 example sentences with the word "cilium" from authentic English texts.
What does "cilium" mean?
Cilium means: A short microscopic hairlike organelle projecting from a eukaryotic cell (such as a unicellular organism or one cell of a multicelled organism) which serve either for propulsion by causing currents in the surrounding fluid or as sensors.
What are synonyms of "cilium"?
Common synonyms of "cilium" include: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ, eyelash, lash, hair.
How many example sentences with "cilium" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 8 example sentences with "cilium", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.