Taber's Medical Dictionary
Ciliophora
(sĭl″ē-ō-fŏr′ă )
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.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Ciliophora." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/750149/all/Ciliophora.
Ciliophora. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/750149/all/Ciliophora. Accessed April 28, 2025.
Ciliophora. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/750149/all/Ciliophora
Ciliophora [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 April 28]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/750149/all/Ciliophora.
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