See Also: ciliate(dictionary)
dentate-ciliate(medicine)

ciliate (iou)



ciliate adjective & noun. M18.
[formed as CILIARY + -ATE2.]
A. adjective. Furnished or fringed with cilia. M18.
b. noun. A protozoan of the phylum Ciliophora (formerly class Ciliophora), characterized by the presence of motile cilia. L19.
ciliated adjective = CILIATE adjective M18.
cili'ation noun the presence or arrangement of cilia M19.