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stereocilium
[ ster-ee-uh-sil-ee-uhm, steer- ]
noun
Anatomy.
plural stereocilia
- any of the long, flexible microvilli that superficially resemble cilia and occur as a brush border or series of tufts on the surface of various epithelial tissues.
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of stereocilium1
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A hair-cell stereocilium is almost impossible to glimpse with an optical microscope, because it’s only as wide as the smallest wavelength of visible light.
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