Category: C

The bedbug; an insect belonging to the order Hemiptera.  

The action of anything that interferes with ciliary motion.  

Surgical cutting of the ciliary nerve.  

Interfering with or preventing movement of the cilia.  

A phylum of the kingdom Protista that includes unicellular and colonial forms possessing cilia for locomotion. Some are free living and others are parasitic species such as Balantidium coli.  

Excision of a portion of the ciliary body or ciliary border of the eyelid.  

Formerly a class of protozoa characterized by locomotion by cilia. Now called Ciliophora, a phylum of the kingdom Protista.  

Surgical section of the ciliary zone in glaucoma.  

The toxic substance (acyclic polyether) that causes ciguatera poisoning. The toxin interferes with nerve impulse transmission by altering cell membrane sodium channel polarization.  

Poisoning resulting from ingestion of Cicuta maculata or C. virosa, water hemlock.