COLUMNAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does columnar mean? 

• COLUMNAR (adjective)
  The adjective COLUMNAR has 2 senses:

1. having the form of a column

2. characterized by columns

  Familiarity information: COLUMNAR used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLUMNAR (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having the form of a column

Synonyms:

columnar; columniform; columnlike

Context example:

a columnlike tree trunk

Similar:

columned (having or resembling columns; having columns of a specified kind (often used as a combining form))

Derivation:

column (anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Characterized by columns

Context example:

columnar construction

Similar:

columned (having or resembling columns; having columns of a specified kind (often used as a combining form))

Derivation:

column ((architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure)

 Context examples 

A benign neoplasm characterized by the presence of cystic structures lined by mucinous columnar epithelial cells in a fibrotic stroma.

(Mucinous Cystadenofibroma, NCI Thesaurus)

A well differentiated morphologic variant of bronchiolo-alveolar lung carcinoma characterized by tall columnar cells and mucin production.

(Mucinous Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A cystic epithelial neoplasm characterized by the presence of columnar mucin-producing epithelial cells, ovarian-type stroma formation, and the absence of an invasive carcinomatous component.

(Non-Invasive Pancreatic Mucinous-Cystic Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the proliferation of columnar cells with oncocytic features.

(Oncocytic Schneiderian Papilloma, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign ovarian surface epithelial-stromal tumor characterized by the presence of cystic structures lined by serous epithelial cells, mucinous columnar epithelial cells, or endometrial-type well-differentiated cells.

(Ovarian Cystadenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A columnar epithelial cell found in the bronchi.

(Mucinous Bronchial Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

Flat epithelial lesions composed of tall columnar cells with basally located nuclei and abundant supranuclear mucin.

(Mouse Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia-1A, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

The portion of the cervix which is lined by single columnar epithelium (mucosa).

(Endocervix, NCI Thesaurus)

There was none: all was interwoven stem, columnar trunk, dense summer foliage—no opening anywhere.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Increase in number of cuboidal, columnar, ciliated or mucous cells without atypia.

(Epithelial Hyperplasia of the Mouse Pulmonary System, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)