Relating to or affecting cilia, eyelashes, or structures that look like or function like eyelashes.
From Latin cilium (eyelash) plus the suffix '-ary' meaning 'relating to,' so it literally means 'relating to eyelashes.'
The ciliary muscle in your eye is responsible for changing the shape of your lens so you can focus on objects at different distances—it's why your eyes get tired when you read! This tiny muscle is constantly adjusting, thousands of times per day, in a process called accommodation.
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