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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A basal body that is associated especially with a flagellated cell.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A specialized cilia-forming protoplasmic organ of the sperm-cells of certain plants.
- noun In protozoans, a minute granule, of unknown function, at the base of each flagellum, as in
Multicilia .
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Eyelid surgery (blepharoplast) is often performed at the same time as a facelift to achieve an all over refreshed look
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