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Cilium vs Intraflagellar - What's the difference?

cilium | intraflagellar |

As a noun cilium

is (cytology) a hairlike organelle projecting from a eukaryotic cell (such as a unicellular organism or one cell of a multicelled organism) these structures serve either for locomotion by moving or as sensors.

As an adjective intraflagellar is

(microbiology) internal to a flagellum or cilium.

cilium

English

Noun

(cilia)
  • (cytology) A hairlike organelle projecting from a eukaryotic cell (such as a unicellular organism or one cell of a multicelled organism). These structures serve either for locomotion by moving or as sensors.

    • See also

    * flagellum ----

    intraflagellar

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (microbiology) Internal to a flagellum or cilium
    • an intraflagellar structure

    Derived terms

    * intraflagellar transport

    Related terms

    * interflagellar * intraciliary