ciliary
Americanadjective
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Anatomy. noting or pertaining to various anatomical structures in or about the eye.
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pertaining to cilia.
adjective
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of or relating to cilia
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of or relating to the ciliary body
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This region, known as the "ciliary marginal zone," is believed to support continuous eye growth, a pattern now also observed in the bristleworm retina.
From Science Daily • Dec. 2, 2025
In which part of the human body would you find the ciliary muscle?
From Slate • Nov. 9, 2023
Their centimeter-wide chip is carpeted with about a thousand tiny platinum-titanium strips, divided into 16 ciliary units of 64 cilia each.
From Scientific American • Jul. 11, 2022
The preganglionic parasympathetic fibers within cranial nerve III terminate in the ciliary ganglion, which is located in the posterior orbit.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
They are as vascular as the rest of the choroid, and contain in their interior the ciliary muscle, which consists of radiating and circular fibres.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
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