ciliary

1. 1.

   relating to the ciliary body and associated structures of the eye
2. 2.

   of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell

   Synonymsciliatecilial
3. 3.

   of or relating to the human eyelash

   Synonymsciliate

Questions about ciliary

What does ciliary mean?

ciliary means "relating to the ciliary body and associated structures of the eye". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ciliary?

ciliary has 4 syllables: ci-li-a-ry. The stress falls on "li".

What is another word for ciliary?

Close synonyms include ciliate, cilial, ciliate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ciliary a common word?

ciliary is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.