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Definition: Epithelial |
EpithelialAdjective1. Of or belonging to the epithelium; "epithelial layer". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "epithelial" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1927. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | Refers to the cells that line the internal and external surfaces of the body. (references) |
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 | Long-term cultured AIDS-KS (Kaposi's Sarcoma) cells were injected into a nude mouse. Within 5 days a subcutaneous lesion formed in the induced region with a marked angiogenic response. A cross-section of these new blood vessel formations appear as open spaces, where one can see dividing epithelial cells and some red blood cells. The cells were stained with a Wright-Gimsa stain and are seen at a magnification of 100x.Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Human metastatic breast cancer in the lymph nodes. Stained by immunocytochemical for epithelial membrane antigen. Magnified to 400x.Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
 | Bacteria appeared as gram-positive rods among squamous epithelial cells and neutrophils in this vaginal smear.Credit: CDC. |  | Entamoeba histolytica and epithelial cells. Parasite, ameba.Credit: CDC. |
 | Histopathology of cryptosporidiosis, gallbladder. Paraffin-embedded section shows numerous Cryptosporidium organisms at luminal surfaces of epithelial cells. Patient had AIDS. Parasite.Credit: CDC. |  | Neisseria gonorrhoeae was among the differential diagnostic etiologic agents. However, the gram negative diplococci, here associated with these epithelial cells, were found in a male patient who had no signs of urethritis.Credit: CDC. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | This condition is known as recurrent epithelial erosion. (references) | |
It is elevated in 80 percent of epithelial ovarian cancers. (references) | ||
The cells that line the alveoli are called epithelial cells. (references) | ||
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| "Epithelial" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.52% of the time. "Epithelial" is used about 417 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 99.52% | 415 | 13,635 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.48% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 417 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "epithelial": columnar epithelial cell ♦ cuboidal epithelial cell ♦ epithelial cancer ♦ Epithelial cancer or Epithelioma ♦ epithelial carcinoma ♦ epithelial cell ♦ Epithelial Cells ♦ epithelial layer ♦ epithelial ovarian cancer ♦ epithelial tissue ♦ Focal Epithelial Hyperplasia ♦ ovarian epithelial cancer. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "epithelial": epithelial-cell, epithelial-cell-fibroblast, epithelial-like, epithelial-mesenchymal, epithelial-specific, epithelial-specificity. | |
Ending with "epithelial": intra-epithelial, lympho-epithelial. | |
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| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "epithelial"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | epitelial. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 上皮. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | epitheliale tumorer (epithelial blastomata), epitel (epithelial layer, epithelium), epitelial tumor (epithelial tumor), epithelcelle (epithelial cell), epithelcelletumor (epithelial cell tumescence), epithelcylinder (epithelial cast), epitheliale blastomer (epithelial blastomata), epithellymfe (epithelial lymph), epithelperler (epithelial pearls), epitheltappe (epithelial cone), epithelial tumor (epithelial neoplasm), pladeepitelcelle (squamous cell, squamous epithelial cell), cilier (cilia, epithelial cilia, eyelashes), fimrehaar (epithelial cilia), Golgi-Bergmann's epithelialceller (Golgi epithelial cells, Golgi-Bergmann epithelial cells). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | epithelium (epithelial layer, epithelium), epitheliale tumor (epithelial tumor), epitheliaal gezwel (epithelial blastomata), epitheelschede (epithelial root sheath, hair sheaths), epitheelparels (epithelia pearl, epithelial pearls, horned pearl), epitheelcilinder (epithelial cast), epitheelcel (epithelial cell), epitheel (epithelial layer, epithelium), epiteel (epithelial layer, epithelium), trilhaar (epithelial cilia), schubcel (squamous cell, squamous epithelial cell), schede van Hertwig (epithelial root sheath). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | epiteelikudos (epithelial layer, epithelium), epiteeliaalinen kasvain (epithelial tumor), epiteeli (epithelial layer, epithelium), okasolu (squamous cell, squamous epithelial cell). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | épithélium (epithelial layer, epithelium). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Epithelzellengeschwulst (epithelial cell tumescence), Epithel (epithelia, epithelial layer, epithelium), epitheliale Geschwulst (epithelial blastomata), epithelialer Tumor (epithelial tumor), Epithellymphe (epithelial lymph), Epithelperlen (epithelial pearls), Epithelscheide (epithelial root sheath), Epithelzelle (epithelial cell), Epithelzylinder (epithelial cast), Epithelzapfen (epithelial cone), Felderung (epithelial fields), Zilien (cilia, epithelial cilia, eyelashes), Golgi-Bergmann Epithelialzellen (Golgi epithelial cells, Golgi-Bergmann epithelial cells), Bruhn Epithelscheide (epithelial root sheath), Golgi-Epithelialzellen (Golgi epithelial cells, Golgi-Bergmann epithelial cells), Hertwig Epithelscheide (epithelial root sheath), Huxley Epithelscheide (epithelial root sheath), Huxley Wurzelscheide (epithelial root sheath), Schuppenzelle (squamous cell, squamous epithelial cell), Transplantation von kultiviertem Epithelgewebe (cultured epithelial graft), Deckgewebsgeschwulst (epithelial neoplasm), Cilia (cilia, epithelial cilia, eyelashes), Brunn Epithelnester (v.Brunn nests of epithelial cells). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | επιθηλιακή φωλεά Brunn (v.Brunn nests of epithelial cells), επιθήλιον (epithelial layer, epithelium), επιθηλίωμα (carcinoma, epidermoid carcinoma, epithelial cell tumescence, epithelioma, malignant epithelioma, skin cancer, skin carcinoma), επιθηλιακοί κύλινδροι (epithelial cast), επιθηλιακά κύτταρα του Golgi (Golgi epithelial cells, Golgi-Bergmann epithelial cells), επιθηλιακά κύτταρα των Golgi-Bergmann (Golgi epithelial cells, Golgi-Bergmann epithelial cells), λεπιδώδες κύτταρο (squamous cell, squamous epithelial cell), επιθηλιακή λύμφη (epithelial lymph), κανονική επιθηλιακή υπερπλασία (regular epithelial hyperplasia), επιθηλιακή κυτταρική εξοίδησις (epithelial cell tumescence), επιθηλιακό νεόπλασμα (epithelial neoplasm), επιθηλιακό βλάστωμα (epithelial blastomata), επιθηλιακός όγκος (epithelial neoplasm, epithelial tumor), επιθηλιακός κώνος (epithelial cone), πλακώδες κύτταρο (squamous cell, squamous epithelial cell), επιθηλιακή θήκη (epithelial root sheath). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | felhám (cuticle, epidermis, outer skin, peel, scarf-skin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | epicitoma (epithelial cell tumescence), epitelio (epithelial layer, epithelium), epitelioma (but which may also spread via blood vessels, cancer, carcinoma, epithelial cell tumescence, epithelioma), linfa epiteliale (epithelial lymph), cilindri epiteliali (epithelial cast), cipolle epiteliali (bead, epithelial pearls, node, nodule, pearl), cellula epiteliale (epithelial cell), guaina epiteliale di Hertwig (epithelial root sheath), tumore epiteliale (epithelial tumor), nido di Brunn (v.Brunn nests of epithelial cells), perle cornee (bead, epithelia pearl, epithelial pearls, horned pearl, node, nodule, pearl), perle epiteliali (bead, epithelia pearl, epithelial pearls, horned pearl, node, nodule, pearl), strato epiteliale (epithelial layer, epithelium), tappo epiteliale (epithelial cone), trapianto di epitelio coltivato (cultured epithelial graft), globi cornei (bead, epithelial pearls, node, nodule, pearl). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 상" (Epithelium). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | epithelialay epitáfio. (various references) эпителиальный. (various references) epitelni. (various references) epitelial. (various references) epiteliom (carcinoma, epithelial tumor, epithelioma, malignant epithelioma, skin cancer, skin carcinoma), epitelial tumör (epithelial tumor), epitel (epithelial layer, epithelium), skivepitelcell (squamous cell, squamous epithelial cell). (various references) епітеліальний. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "epithelial": epithelialization, epithelializations, epithelialize, epithelialized, epithelializes, epithelializing. (additional references) | |
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"Epithelial" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: epithalial, epitheli, epitheliam, epitheliod, epitheliu, epitheloid, epithemia, epithumia, epthelial. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "epithelial" (pronounced eputhe"lyul) |
| 4 | -l y u l | familial. |
| 3 | -y u l | congenial, genial, granule, patrimonial, spaniel. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-h-i-i-l-l-p-t" | |
-1 letter: epithelia. | |
-3 letters: haplite, heeltap, pileate. | |
-4 letters: aplite, halite, illite, lethal, lithia, pallet, pelite, pellet, phalli, taille, telial, thalli. | |
-5 letters: aleph, allee, elate, elite, etape, ileal, ilial, laith, lapel, lathe, lathi, leapt, lepta, lethe, litai, lithe, palet, petal, phial, pieta, pilea, pilei, plait, plate, pleat, telae, telia, tepal, thill. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-h-i-i-l-l-p-t" | |
+1 letter: philatelies. | |
+3 letters: epithelialize. | |
+4 letters: epithelialized, epithelializes. | |
+5 letters: epithelializing, euphemistically. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 70 69 74 68 65 6C 69 61 6C |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01110000 01101001 01110100 01101000 01100101 01101100 01101001 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E p i t h e l i a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0070 0069 0074 0068 0065 006C 0069 0061 006C |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)39827586747178756778 |
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