CUBOIDAL EPITHELIAL CELL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cuboidal epithelial cell mean? 

• CUBOIDAL EPITHELIAL CELL (noun)
  The noun CUBOIDAL EPITHELIAL CELL has 1 sense:

1. an epithelial cell that shaped like a cube

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CUBOIDAL EPITHELIAL CELL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An epithelial cell that shaped like a cube

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

cuboidal cell; cuboidal epithelial cell

Hypernyms ("cuboidal epithelial cell" is a kind of...):

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

 Context examples 

A simple cuboidal epithelial cell lining the collecting duct of the kidney.

(Collecting Cell, NCI Thesaurus)