| NOUN | body | epithelium, epithelial tissue | membranous tissue covering internal organs and other internal surfaces of the body |
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| Meaning | membranous tissue covering internal organs and other internal surfaces of the body. | |
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| Synonym | epithelial tissue | |
| Parts | epithelial cell | One of the closely packed cells forming the epithelium |
| Narrower | decidua | The epithelial tissue of the endometrium |
| endothelium | An epithelium of mesoblastic origin | |
| mesothelium | epithelium originating in the embryonic mesoderm | |
| neuroepithelium | epithelium associated with special sense organs and containing sensory nerve endings | |
| Broader | animal tissue | The tissue in the bodies of animals |
| Spanish | epitelio | |
| Catalan | epiteli | |
| Adjectives | epithelial | of or belonging to the epithelium |
| epitheliod | resembling epithelium | |
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