epithelium

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Etymology

Modern Latin epithēlium, from Ancient Greek ἐπί (epi, “on, atop, epi-”) + θηλή (thēlē, “nipple”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɛpɪˈθiːlɪəm/

Noun

epithelium (plural epitheliums or epithelia)

1. (anatomy) A membranous tissue composed of one or more layers of cells which forms the covering of most internal and external surfaces of the body and its organs: internally including the lining of vessels and other small cavities, and externally being the skin.
   • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 25:

     the passenger's roving eyes paused for a moment as he listened inwardly to a nether itch, which he supposed to be (correctly, thank Log) only a minor irritation of the epithelium.

Synonyms

• epithelial tissue

Derived terms

• epithelial

Translations

membranous tissue

• Afrikaans: epiteelweefsel (af)
• Arabic: نسيج طلائي (ar)
• Basque: epitelio (eu)
• Bulgarian: епителна тъкан (bg) (epitelna tăkan) f
• Catalan: epiteli (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 上皮 (cmn) (shàngpí)

• Czech: výstelka (cs) f, epitel (cs) m, epitelová tkáň (cs)
• Danish: epitel (da)
• Dutch: epitheel (nl)
• Esperanto: epitelio (eo)
• Finnish: epiteelikudos (fi)
• French: épithélium (fr) m
• German: Epithel (de) n
• Greek: επιθήλιο (el) (epithílio) n
• Hebrew: אפיתל (he)
• Hungarian: hám (hu)
• Ido: epitelio (io)
• Indonesian: jaringan epitel (id)
• Italian: epitelio (it) m, tessuto epiteliale (it)
• Japanese: 上皮組織 (ja) (jōhi sosiki), 上皮 (ja) (じょうひ, jōhi), 上皮細胞 (ja) (jōhi saibō)

• Latin: epithelium (la) n, textus epithelialis (la) m
• Low German: epithel (nds)
• Malay: epitelium (ms)
• Norwegian: epitel (no)
• Persian: بافت پوششی (fa)
• Polish: tkanka nabłonkowa (pl), tkanka graniczna (pl), nabłonek (pl)
• Portuguese: epitélio (pt)
• Romanian: țesut epitelial (ro) n
• Russian: эпителий (ru) (epitélij) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: епително ткиво (sh)

  Roman: epitelsko tkivo (sh)

• Slovak: epitel (sk)
• Slovene: krovno tkivo (sl)
• Spanish: epitelio (es) m
• Swedish: epitel (sv)
• Tajik: бофтаи эпителӣ (tg) (boftan èpitelī)
• Thai: เนื้อเยื่อบุผิว (th)
• Turkish: epitel (tr)
• Ukrainian: епітелій (uk) (epitelij) n
• Urdu: ظہارہ (ur)
• Vietnamese: biểu mô (vi)

See also

• endothelium
• epidermis