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epithelial

epithelial adjective: of or pertaining to the epithelium.

Adjective

epithelial (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the epithelium.
    • A similar procedure, Lasek (laser epithelial keratomileusis), is an option for people not suitable for Lasik.2006 November 24, Ed Ewing, “Consumer test: Laser eye surgery”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Sep 2014
    • These included multilobular consolidation with histiological lesions of bronchiolitis with epithelial necrosis and syncytia [14 ].2015 November 17, “Single Pathogen Challenge with Agents of the Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

epithelial meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali

epithelial in Hindi

एपिथेलियल

epithelial in Tamil

தோல் மேல்புறச் செல்

epithelial in Marathi

एपिथेलियल

epithelial in Bengali

এপিথেলিয়াল
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epithelial in Telugu
ఎపిథీలియల్, ఎపితీలియల్, ఎపిథేలియల్
epithelial in Malayalam
എപ്പിത്തീലിയൽ, എപിതീലിയൽ, എപിഥീലിയൽ
epithelial in Kannada
ಎಪಿಥೀಲಿಯಲ್, ಎಪಿತೀಲಿಯಲ್, ಎಪಿಥೇಲಿಯಲ್
epithelial in Punjabi
ਐਪੀਥੀਲੀਅਲ
epithelial in Gujarati
એપિથેલિયલ
epithelial in Odia
ଏପିଥେଲିଆଲ୍, ଏପିଥେଲିଆଲ, ଏପିଥୀଲିଆଲ୍
epithelial in Nepali
एपिथेलियल, एपिथीलियल

Examples of epithelial in a sentence

  • These included multilobular consolidation with histiological lesions of bronchiolitis with epithelial necrosis and syncytia.
  • Overall, these data suggest that bronchial epithelial cells are lipointoxicated by hypoxia-related Palmitate accumulation in CF patients.
  • Loss of matrix attachment of cultured epithelial cells activates a caspase-mediated apoptotic program known as anoikis.

All 35 example sentences with epithelial

Origin of epithelial

From epithelium + -al. By surface analysis, epi- + thel- + -i- + -al.

Words formed from epithelial

Phrases with epithelial

Questions about epithelial

What does epithelial mean?
Epithelial means of or pertaining to the epithelium.
What is epithelial in Hindi?
Epithelial in Hindi is एपिथेलियल. See Epithelial meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is epithelial?
Epithelial is an adjective.

Words near epithelial in the dictionary

  1. epithecal
  2. epithecia
  3. epithecial
  4. epithecium
  5. epithelia
  6. epithelial
  7. epithelial bodies
  8. epithelial body
  9. epithelial cell
  10. epithelial cells
  11. epithelial duct

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Adapted from Wiktionary: epithelial (page history and authors); epithelial (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); epithelial (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); epithelial (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); epithelial (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); epithelial (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); epithelial (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); epithelial (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); epithelial (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); epithelial (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); epithelial (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); epithelial (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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