noun
ciliary movement
Technical term in biology referring to the coordinated beating of cilia on cell surfaces.
気管の上皮細胞では、繊毛運動によって異物が排出される。
In the epithelial cells of the trachea, foreign particles are expelled by ciliary movement.
Compound of 繊毛 (senmō, 'cilia') and 運動 (undō, 'movement').