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epitheliome

epitheliome noun: a collection of interacting epithelial cells.

Noun

epitheliome (plural epitheliomes)

  1. A collection of interacting epithelial cells
    • An epitheliome is thus a conceptual grouping of all of the processes, expressed genes or proteins that make up a functional epithelium, and distinguishes each type of epithelia.2015, Julian A.T. Dow, Shireen A. Davies, “What is an epitheliome, anyway?”, in Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, volume 67, →DOI

Forms of epitheliome

pluralepitheliomes

Origin of epitheliome

From epithelium + -ome.

Questions about epitheliome

What does epitheliome mean?
Epitheliome means a collection of interacting epithelial cells.
What part of speech is epitheliome?
Epitheliome is a noun.
What is the plural of epitheliome?
The plural of epitheliome is epitheliomes.

Words near epitheliome in the dictionary

  1. epitheliolytic
  2. epithelioma
  3. epitheliomas
  4. epitheliomata
  5. epitheliomatous
  6. epitheliome
  7. epitheliomes
  8. epitheliomuscular
  9. epitheliopathies
  10. epitheliopathy
  11. epitheliosis

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