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epithelium en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˌɛpɪˈθiːlɪəm/ (UK)

Etymology

From New Latin epithēlium. By surface analysis, epi- + thel- + -ium.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A membranous tissue composed of one or more layers of cells which forms the covering of most internal and external surfaces of the body and its organs: internally including the lining of vessels and other small cavities, and externally being the skin.
   • the passenger's roving eyes paused for a moment as he listened inwardly to a nether itch, which he supposed to be (correctly, thank Log) only a minor irritation of the epithelium. 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 25:
   • The sap of this species was able to cause loss of corneal epithelium 16 h after direct exposure to the sap in a 60-year-old male. 2014 May 30, Victor Kuete, Toxicological Survey of African Medicinal Plants, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 505:

Forms

Deriveds

gastroepithelium · vaginal epithelium · mesenchymal epithelium · myoepithelium · lymphoepithelium · neuroepithelium · uroepithelium · -thelium · subepithelium · iris pigmented epithelium · epithelial · epithelioid · neoepithelium · transitional epithelium · pavement epithelium · trichoepithelioma · simple squamous epithelium · epitheliome · tessellated epithelium · stratified columnar epithelium

Relateds

thelarche · epidermis · thelion · thelitis · thelium

Synonyms

epithelial tissue

Translations (51)

bg епителна тъкан (membranous tissue) · nds epithel (membranous tissue) · pl tkanka graniczna (membranous tissue) · ca epiteli (membranous tissue) · cs výstelka (membranous tissue) · nl epitheel (membranous tissue) · it epitelio (membranous tissue) · eo epitelio (membranous tissue) · vi biểu mô (membranous tissue) · la epithelium (membranous tissue) · ja 上皮 (membranous tissue) · th เนื้อเยื่อบุผิว (membranous tissue) · ja 上皮組織 (membranous tissue) · kmr rûkeşeşane (membranous tissue) · sl krovno tkivo (membranous tissue) · sh епително тки̑во (membranous tissue) · uk епітелій (membranous tissue) · sk epitel (membranous tissue) · it tessuto epiteliale (membranous tissue) · hu hám (membranous tissue) · tr epitel (membranous tissue) · cmn 上皮 (membranous tissue) · cs epitel (membranous tissue) · ar نَسِيج طِلَائِيّ (membranous tissue) · cs epitelová tkáň (membranous tissue) · el επιθήλιο (membranous tissue) · he אפיתל (membranous tissue) · kk эпителий (membranous tissue) · ru эпите́лий (membranous tissue) · no epitel (membranous tissue) · pl tkanka nabłonkowa (membranous tissue) · sv epitel (membranous tissue) · kmr şaneya rûkeş (membranous tissue) · fi epiteelikudos (membranous tissue) · ur ظہارہ (membranous tissue) · ja 上皮細胞 (membranous tissue) · pt epitélio (membranous tissue) · ro țesut epitelial (membranous tissue) · da epitel (membranous tissue) · eu epitelio (membranous tissue) · ms epitelium (membranous tissue) · fr épithélium (membranous tissue) · pl nabłonek (membranous tissue) · sh epitelsko tkȋvo (membranous tissue) · af epiteelweefsel (membranous tissue) · es epitelio (membranous tissue) · io epitelio (membranous tissue) · la textus epithelialis (membranous tissue) · de Epithel (membranous tissue) · fa بافت پوششی (membranous tissue) · id jaringan epitel (membranous tissue)