Meaning | membranous tissue covering internal organs and other internal surfaces of the body. |
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Synonym | epithelial tissue |
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Parts | epithelial cell | One of the closely packed cells forming the epithelium |
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Narrower | decidua | The epithelial tissue of the endometrium |
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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 |
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Spanish | epitelio |
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Catalan | epiteli |
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Adjectives | epithelial | of or belonging to the epithelium |
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epitheliod | resembling epithelium |