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epithelioid

epithelioid adjective: of, pertaining to, or resembling epithelium.

Adjective

epithelioid (comparative more epithelioid, superlative most epithelioid)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling epithelium

Forms of epithelioid

comparativemore epithelioid
superlativemost epithelioid

Origin of epithelioid

From epithelium + -oid. By surface analysis, epi- + thel- + -ioid.

Words formed from epithelioid

Phrases with epithelioid

Questions about epithelioid

What does epithelioid mean?
Epithelioid means of, pertaining to, or resembling epithelium.
What part of speech is epithelioid?
Epithelioid is an adjective.

Words near epithelioid in the dictionary

  1. epitheliocytes
  2. epitheliod
  3. epitheliogenesis
  4. epitheliogenic
  5. epithelioglandular
  6. epithelioid
  7. epithelioid hemangioendothelioma
  8. epithelioid hemangioendotheliomas
  9. epitheliolysis
  10. epitheliolytic
  11. epithelioma

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