Epithelium

Definition: Epithelium

Epithelium

Noun

1. Membranous tissue covering internal organs and other internal surfaces of the body.

Etymology: Epithelium \Ep`i*the"li*um\, noun; plural English Epitheliums, from Latin expression Epithelia. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression 'epi` upon nipple.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: Epithelium

Domain	Definitions
Food & Agriculture	The layer of secretory parenchyma cells(i. e. , epithelial cells)that surrounds an intercellular canal or intercellular cavity. Source: European Union. (references)
Health	One or more layers of epithelial cells, supported by the basal lamina, which covers the inner or outer surfaces of the body. (references)
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Synonym: Epithelium

Synonym: epithelial tissue (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Epithelium

English words defined with "epithelium": adenocarcinoma, adenomatous polyp ♦ coccidium, Columnar epithelium ♦ Ecteron, eimeria, endothelium, Epithelia, epithelial, epithelial cell, epitheliod, Epithelioid, Epitheliums, esophagogastric junction ♦ Fuscin ♦ glandular cancer, glandular carcinoma ♦ Hair cells ♦ Lipochrin ♦ mesothelium, Myeloidin, Myoepithelial ♦ neuroepithelium ♦ oesophagogastric junction, Olfactory organ ♦ Purpurogenous ♦ Subepithelial ♦ Tapetum, Taste of buds, Taste of goblets, trophoblastic cancer ♦ Visual white. (references)

Specialty definitions using "epithelium": acquired Fanconi syndrome, Adenolymphoma, Allergic Sinusitis, aphta disease, aphthous fever ♦ Blood-Air Barrier, Blood-Aqueous Barrier, Blood-Testis Barrier, Bowman's membrane, Bruch Membrane, Bueckler's annular corneal dystrophy, Bueckler's corneal dystrophy type IV ♦ Carcinoma, Bronchogenic, Cervix Dysplasia, Chemexfoliation, Cholesteatoma, Choriocarcinoma, choroidal ring, Choroideremia, ciliated epithelium, Corneal Edema, Crown Lengthening, Cryptosporidium, Cystadenoma, Mucinous ♦ desmosome, Desmosomes, Dry Eye Syndromes, dystrophia annularis corneae ♦ Electrooculography, Enamel Organ, Enterocytes, Epidermal Cyst, Epithelium, Corneal, epizootic aphtha, external haemorrhoids, external hemorrhoids ♦ Fuchs spur ♦ Gastric Mucosa, Greeff ciliary cyst ♦ herpes ophthalmicus, Herpes Zoster Oticus ♦ intercellular canal, intercellular duct ♦ Keratolytic Agents, Keratomileusis, Laser In Situ ♦ Lens Capsule, Crystalline, Lens Cortex, Crystalline ♦ Mycoplasma pneumoniae ♦ Neoplasms, Fibroepithelial, Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial, Neoplasms, Squamous Cell ♦ Odontogenic Cysts, olfactory cell, Olfactory Receptor Neurons ♦ Pancreatic Pseudocyst, Papillomavirus, Pigment Epithelium of Eye, Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia ♦ radial intercellular canal, resin rodlets, retinal detachment 2.ablatio retinae, Retinal Drusen, retinal epithelium, retinal pigmented epithelium, Rod Outer Segments ♦ Seminiferous Epithelium, Shigella dysenteriae, Squamous Epithelium ♦ Thyroglossal Cyst, Transforming Growth Factor alpha ♦ vesicular stomatitis ♦ zoster oticus. (references)

Etymologies containing "epithelium": Epithelioma ♦ mesothelium. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Epithelium

Domain	Title
Books	Benign to Malignant Progression in Cervical Squamous Epithelium (reference) Biology, Toxicology, and Carcinogenesis of Respiratory Epithelium (reference) In Vitro Models of Respiratory Epithelium (reference) The Establishment of Spermatogenesis in the Seminiferous Epithelium of the Pubertal Golden Hamster: (Mesocricetus Auratus) (Advances in Anatomy, embr (reference) (more book examples)
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Image Slideshow: Epithelium

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Photo Album: Epithelium

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Histopathology of esophageal epithelium shows border of ulcer caused by active Herpes simplex virus infection. Intranuclear inclusions and multinucleation are visible.Credit: CDC.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Epithelium

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		This can cause erosion of the epithelium. (references)
		It consists of two layers - the stroma and the pigmented epithelium. (references)
		Eventually, the epithelium also takes on water, resulting in pain and severe visual impairment. (references)
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Usage Frequency: Epithelium

"Epithelium" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Epithelium" is used about 303 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	303	16,643

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Epithelium

Expressions using "epithelium": ciliated epithelium ♦ Columnar epithelium ♦ Pigment Epithelium of Eye ♦ retinal epithelium ♦ Retinal pigment epithelium ♦ retinal pigmented epithelium ♦ Seminiferous Epithelium ♦ Squamous Epithelium. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "epithelium": epithelium-like.
	Ending with "epithelium": quasi-epithelium.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Epithelium

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
epithelium	28
epithelium simple squamous	11
epithelium intestinal	7
epithelium squamous	7
columnar epithelium pseudostratified	6
epithelium tissue	5
epithelium squamous stratified	4
olfactory epithelium	4
retinal pigment epithelium	4
epithelium transitional	4
cuboidal epithelium simple	4
columnar epithelium	4
barretts epithelium	3
columnar epithelium stratified	2
squamous epithelium cell	2
epithelium junctional	2
epithelium follicular	2
cell epithelium	2
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Modern Translations: Epithelium

Language		Translations for "epithelium"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		epiteli. (various references)

Arabic		‏الظهارة نسيج يبطن جوفا. (various references)

Bulgarian		епителий. (various references)

Chinese		皮膜. (various references)

Danish		epitel (epithelial layer). (various references)

Dutch		epitheel (epithelial layer). (various references)

Finnish		epiteelikudos (epithelial layer), epiteeli (epithelial layer). (various references)

French		épithélium (epithelial, epithelial layer). (various references)

German		Epithels, Epithel (epithelia, epithelial layer). (various references)

Greek		επιθήλιο. (various references)

Hungarian		hámszövet. (various references)

Italian		epitelio (epithelial layer). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		表皮 (rind, skin), 上皮 (cuticle, epidermis, outer skin, rind, skin). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ひょうひ (rind, skin), うわかわ (cuticle, epidermis, outer skin, rind, skin, surface, upper side), じょうひ (cuticle, epidermis, outer skin, rind, skin, unnecessary expense, unnecessary expenses). (various references)

Korean		상�"� (Epithelial). (various references)

Pig Latin		epitheliumay

Portuguese		epitelial, epitélio (epithelial layer, epithet), epitélio, camada epitelial (epithelial layer). (various references)

Romanian		epiteliu. (various references)

Russian		эпителий. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		epitelijum. (various references)

Spanish		epitelio (epithelial layer). (various references)

Swedish		epitel (epithelial layer). (various references)

Turkish		epitelyum, gözeli doku. (various references)

Ukranian		епітелій. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Epithelium

Derivations
	Words beginning with "epithelium": epitheliums. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Epithelium" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: epitheli, epitheliam, epitheliod, epitheliu, epitheloid, epithhelium, epithilium. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Epithelium"

Words rhyming with "epithelium" (pronounced 'Ep`i*the"li*um'): Abandum, Absinthium, Acetabulum, Aconitum, Acrodactylum, Acropodium, Acrotarsium, Acroterium, Actinium, Addendum, Adiantum, Adytum, AEcidium, Agendum, Ageratum, Alabastrum, Alarum, Album, Alburnum, Alcyonium, Allium, Allodium, Alluvium, Aluminium, Aluminum, Ambulacrum, Amentum, Ammonium, Amoebaeum, Amomum, Amphibium, Anacardium, Androecium, Animalculum, Antependium, Antheridium, Anthodium, Antibrachium, Anticlinorium, Antrum, Apodyterium, Apothecium, Aquarium, Arachnidium, Arboretum, Arcanum, Archegonium, Archipterygium, Argentalium, arum. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Epithelium

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-h-i-i-l-m-p-t-u"
	-3 letters: lithium.
	-4 letters: helium, helmet, hempie, huipil, imphee, impute, limpet, milieu, pelite, pelmet, pileum, plutei, telium, tempeh, temple, uptime.
	-5 letters: elemi, elite, elute, hilum, ileum, ilium, impel, lethe, letup, limit, lithe, pilei, plume, tempi, theme, thump, tulip, uplit, utile.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-h-i-i-l-m-p-t-u"
	+1 letter: epitheliums.
	+5 letters: epitheliomatous, euphemistically.
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