epitheliotropic

English

Etymology

epithelio- +‎ -tropic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒpɪk

Adjective

epitheliotropic (not comparable)

1. Having an affinity for, or moving towards the epithelium
   • 2015 April 17, Lifang Zhang et al., “The role of the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signalling pathway in human cancers induced by infection with human papillomaviruses”, in Molecular Cancer‎^[1], volume 14, →DOI:

     HPVs whether they are low-risk and high-risk are epitheliotropic.

Related terms

• epitheliotropism