Meanings
- uncountablemedicineA condition in which all cilia on an affected surface fail to exhibit ciliary activity.
Nearly all PBL cultures from CF genotypes produced an increased beat frequency (45 of 49) followed by ciliary dyskinesia (36 of 49) or by ciliary dyskinesia and cilostasis (10 of 49).
1983, Gregory B. Wilson, “Ciliary Dyskinesia Factors Produced by Leukocytes”, in Lymphokines: A Forum for Immunoregulatory Cell Products, volume 8, →ISBN2 more examples
Topical decongestants such as phenylephrine or oxymetazoline shrink the nasal mucous membrane, improve ostial drainage, and provide symptomatic improvement; however, they cause cilostasis.
1987, Jonas T. Johnson, Antibiotic Therapy in Head and Neck Surgery, →ISBN, page 137Cilostasis with ensuring proliferates of bacteria is a phenomenon that occurs at the epithelial surface; broad-spectrum oral and topical antibiotics have been issued in the past with mixed results.
1994, The Laryngoscope - Volume 104, Issue 7, page 930
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