värekarva — meaning in English
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English meaning
- cilium noun A tiny hair-like structure on the surface of a cell that helps it move or sense its surroundings.
Senses
värekarva is used for these senses in English:
- cilium (cytology) 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.
- fimbria (bacteriology) A hairlike appendage found on the cell surface of many bacteria; used by the bacteria to adhere to one another, to animal cells and to some inanimate objects.
cilium — full definition
- noun A tiny hair-like structure on the surface of a cell that helps it move or sense its surroundings.
- noun One of the small hairs along the edge of an insect's wing.
- noun One of the hair-like growths along the edge of a body part.
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