Disease or Syndrome
ciliary dyskinesia
Subclass of:
Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Ciliopathies
Definitions related to ciliary motility disorders:
  • (ciliary dyskinesia) A deviation from the normally well coordinated pattern of intracellular and intercellular synchrony of motile cilia. Dyskinetic cilia usually beat out of synchrony relative to neighboring cilia.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2025
  • (ciliary motility defect) Defective movements of the cilia. It includes abnormal movements of the cilia in the nose and paranasal sinuses, the respiratory tract and spermatozoa.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Conditions caused by abnormal CILIA movement in the body, usually causing KARTAGENER SYNDROME, chronic respiratory disorders, chronic SINUSITIS, and chronic OTITIS. Abnormal ciliary beating is likely due to defects in any of the 200 plus ciliary proteins, such as missing motor enzyme DYNEIN arms.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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