epithelium

See also: épithélium

English

Etymology

From New Latin epithēlium, from Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí, “on, atop, epi-”) + θηλή (thēlḗ, “nipple”) + -ium (“aggregation”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɛpɪˈθiːlɪəm/

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.

   Synonym: epithelial tissue

   • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 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.

Hyponyms

• endothelium
• urothelium

Derived terms

• epithelial
• iris pigmented epithelium
• neoepithelium
• pavement epithelium
• stratified columnar epithelium
• transitional epithelium

 

Translations

membranous tissue

• Afrikaans: epiteelweefsel
• Arabic: نَسِيج طِلَائِيّ (nasīj ṭilāʔiyy)
• Basque: epitelio
• Bulgarian: епителна тъкан f (epitelna tǎkan)
• Catalan: epiteli (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 上皮 (zh) (shàngpí)

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

  Northern Kurdish: rûkeşeşane f, şaneya rûkeş f

• Latin: epithelium n, textus epithelialis m
• Low German: epithel
• Malay: epitelium (ms)
• Norwegian: epitel
• Persian: بافت پوششی
• Polish: tkanka nabłonkowa, tkanka graniczna, nabłonek (pl)
• Portuguese: epitélio
• Romanian: țesut epitelial n
• Russian: эпите́лий (ru) m (epitélij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: епително тки̑во

  Roman: epitelsko tkȋvo

• Slovak: epitel (sk)
• Slovene: krovno tkivo
• Spanish: epitelio (es) m
• Swedish: epitel (sv)
• Tajik: ^{(please verify)} бофтаи эпителӣ (boftayi epitelī)
• Thai: เนื้อเยื่อบุผิว (néua yêua bù pĭw)
• Turkish: epitel (tr)
• Ukrainian: епітелій n (epitelij)
• Urdu: ظہارہ
• Vietnamese: biểu mô

See also

• endothelium
• epidermis