English Explanatory Dictionary

stereocilium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of many nonmotile cellular structures resembling long microvilli; those of the inner ear are responsible for auditory transduction

Word forms

stereocilium stereocilia

Etymology

From stereo- + cilium.

Derived words

stereocilin
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