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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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