kinociliary

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word kinociliary. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word kinociliary, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say kinociliary in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word kinociliary you have here. The definition of the word kinociliary will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofkinociliary, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Adjective

kinociliary (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to kinocilia.
    • 1972, Basic Aspects of Central Vestibular Mechanisms, page 72:
      With motion toward the kinociliary side of the cell, the longer stereocilia have the least resistance so that bending occurs near the distal end of the kinocilium as a distal arch of the ciliary apparatus.
    • 2011, Colleen G. Le Prell, Noise-Induced Hearing Loss: Scientific Advances, page 184:
      The precisely organized staircase-like morphology of the hair bundle is maintained by a series of extracellular filaments between adjacent stereocilia: kinociliary links, ankle links, lateral links, and tip links.
    • 2013, David J. Lim, Cell and Molecular Biology of the Ear, page 5:
      The accessory structures (statoliths, statoconial layers, cupulae) are attached to the tips of these kinociliary groups; because of the inclination of the ciliary group, this attachment is only from the side opposite to the acute angle the group forms with the surface of the cell.