CILIATED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ciliated mean? 

• CILIATED (adjective)
  The adjective CILIATED has 1 sense:

1. having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections

  Familiarity information: CILIATED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CILIATED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections

Synonyms:

ciliate; ciliated

Similar:

rough (of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped)

 Context examples 

A benign neoplasm that arises from the ciliated respiratory mucosa that lines the nasal cavity.

(Nasal Cavity Inverted Papilloma, NCI Thesaurus)

The nasal cavity is lined with ciliated mucosa, extending from the nares to the pharynx.

(Nasal Cavity, NCI Thesaurus)

The lumen is lined by ciliated pseudostratified, columnar epithelium, which sweeps material from the middle ear to the nasopharynx. functionally collapsed at rest, with slight negative pressure present in the middle ear.

(Murine Eustachian Tube, NCI Thesaurus)

A papilloma that arises from the ciliated respiratory mucosa that lines the maxillary sinus.

(Maxillary Sinus Schneiderian Papilloma, NCI Thesaurus)

It is formed by ciliated olfactory receptor cells, supporting cells and basal cells.

(Olfactory Epithelium, NCI Thesaurus)

They vary in size and form in different individuals and are lined by the ciliated mucous membranes of the nasal cavity.

(Paranasal sinus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A fold of lymphatic tissue covered by ciliated epithelium at the very back of the nose, in the roof of the nasopharynx.

(Pharyngeal Tonsil, NCI Thesaurus)

A papilloma that arises from the ciliated respiratory mucosa that lines the paranasal sinuses.

(Paranasal Sinus Schneiderian Papilloma, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign neoplasm that arises from the ciliated respiratory mucosa that lines the paranasal sinuses.

(Paranasal Sinus Inverted Papilloma, NCI Thesaurus)

The epithelium of the bronchus of the lung, which forms a pseudo-stratified ciliated layer composed of secretory and basal cells.

(Bronchial Epithelium, NCI Thesaurus)