| NOUN | body | epithelial cell | one of the closely packed cells forming the epithelium |
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| Meaning | One of the closely packed cells forming the epithelium. | |
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| Part of | epithelium, epithelial tissue | membranous tissue covering internal organs and other internal surfaces of the body |
| Narrower | columnar cell, columnar epithelial cell | An epithelial cell that is shaped like a column |
| cuboidal cell, cuboidal epithelial cell | An epithelial cell that shaped like a cube | |
| goblet cell | An epithelial cell that secretes mucous | |
| hair cell | A sensory epithelial cell present in the organ of Corti | |
| squamous cell | An epithelial cell that is flat like a plate and form a single layer of epithelial tissue | |
| taste cell, gustatory cell | An epithelial cell in a taste bud that activates sensory fibers of the facial nerve or the glossopharyngeal nerve or the vagus nerve | |
| Broader | somatic cell, vegetative cell | Any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells |
| Spanish | célula epitelial | |
| Catalan | cèl·lula epitelial, cèl·lula epitèlica | |
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