epithelium

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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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.
    Synonym: epithelial tissue

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