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Word Meanings - EPITHELIAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to epithelium; as, epithelial cells; epithelial cancer.

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  • EPITHELIAL
    Of or pertaining to epithelium; as, epithelial cells; epithelial cancer.
  • CANCER
    A genus of decapod Crustacea, including some of the most common shore crabs of Europe and North America, as the rock crab, Jonah crab, etc. See Crab. The fourth of the twelve signs of the zodiac. The first point is the northern limit of the sun's
  • PERTAIN
    stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
  • CANCERATE
    To grow into a canser; to become cancerous. Boyle.
  • CANCERITE
    Like a cancer; having the qualities or virulence of a cancer; affected with cancer. "Cancerous vices." G. Eliot. -- Can"cer*ous*ly, adv. -- Can"cer*ous*ness, n.
  • EPITHELIUM
    The superficial layer of cells lining the alimentary canal and all its appendages, all glands and their ducts, blood vessels and lymphatics, serous cavities, etc. It often includes the epidermis (i. e., keratin-producing epithelial cells), and it
  • CANCEROUS
    Like a cancer; having the qualities or virulence of a cancer; affected with cancer. "cancerous vices" G. Eliot. -- Can"cer*ous*ly, adv. --Can"cer*ous*ness, n.
  • CANCERATION
    The act or state of becoming cancerous or growing into a cancer.
  • MYOEPITHELIAL
    Derived from epithelial cells and destined to become a part of the muscular system; -- applied to structural elements in certain embryonic forms.
  • PURKINJE'S CELLS
    Large ganglion cells forming a layer near the surface of the cerebellum.
  • SUBEPITHELIAL
    Situated under the epithelium.
  • APPERTAIN
    To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5. (more info) appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach

 

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