COLUMNAR CELL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does columnar cell mean? 

• COLUMNAR CELL (noun)
  The noun COLUMNAR CELL has 1 sense:

1. an epithelial cell that is shaped like a column; some have cilia

  Familiarity information: COLUMNAR CELL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLUMNAR CELL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An epithelial cell that is shaped like a column; some have cilia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

columnar cell; columnar epithelial cell

Hypernyms ("columnar cell" is a kind of...):

epithelial cell (one of the closely packed cells forming the epithelium)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "columnar cell"):

spongioblast (any of various columnar epithelial cells in the central nervous system that develop into neuroglia)

 Context examples 

A benign lung neoplasm characterized by the presence of a fibrovascular stroma lined by cuboidal to columnar cells.

(Lung Papillary Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

This lesion relates to columnar cell change with atypia and columnar cell hyperplasia with atypia.

(Flat Ductal Epithelial Atypia of the Breast, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of neoplastic tubular glands lined by columnar cells or neoplastic glands lined by goblet cells.

(Extrahepatic Bile Duct Adenocarcinoma, Intestinal Type, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of tall malignant columnar cells with mucin-containing cytoplasm and basally located nuclei.

(Extrahepatic Bile Duct Adenocarcinoma, Gastric Foveolar Type, NCI Thesaurus)

A carcinoid tumor that arises from the ovary and is characterized by the presence of columnar cells with abundant cytoplasm forming ribbons.

(Ovarian Trabecular Carcinoid Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

A pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia characterized by the presence of tall columnar cells that form flat or papillary, micropapillary, and basally pseudostratified architectural patterns.

(Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia-1, NCI Thesaurus)

Consists primarily of papillary structures lined by cuboidal to columnar cells.

(Papillary Adenoma of the Mouse Pulmonary System, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

Papillae have fibrovascular core lined by cuboidal to columnar cells with varying degree of pleomorphism.

(Papillary Adenocarcinoma of the Mouse Pulmonary System, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

A pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia characterized by the presence of tall columnar cells that form papillary, micropapillary, or basally pseudostratified architectural patterns.

(Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia-1B, NCI Thesaurus)

A pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia characterized by the presence of tall columnar cells that form flat architectural patterns.

(Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia-1A, NCI Thesaurus)