EPITHELIAL CELL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does epithelial cell mean? 

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

1. one of the closely packed cells forming the epithelium

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• EPITHELIAL CELL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of the closely packed cells forming the epithelium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

somatic cell; vegetative cell (any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes)

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

columnar cell; columnar epithelial cell (an epithelial cell that is shaped like a column; some have cilia)

cuboidal cell; cuboidal epithelial cell (an epithelial cell that shaped like a cube)

goblet cell (an epithelial cell that secretes mucous)

hair cell (a sensory epithelial cell present in the organ of Corti)

squamous cell (an epithelial cell that is flat like a plate and form a single layer of epithelial tissue)

gustatory cell; taste cell (an epithelial cell in a taste bud that activates sensory fibers of the facial nerve or the glossopharyngeal nerve or the vagus nerve)

Holonyms ("epithelial cell" is a part of...):

epithelial tissue; epithelium (membranous tissue covering internal organs and other internal surfaces of the body)

 Context examples 

Cylindrical epithelial cells in the innermost layer of the enamel organ.

(Ameloblast, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

It seems to play an important role in mammary epithelial cell growth regulation.

(Amphiregulin, NCI Thesaurus)

Morphologically, it is characterized by the presence of intestinal-type malignant epithelial cells.

(Ampulla of Vater Intestinal Type Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The background of broncho-alveolar architecture remains detectable, and epithelial cells are usually single layered.

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

A cell found in the walls of the pulmonary alveoli; the term is limited to alveolar epithelial cells (type I and type II alveolar cells).

(Alveolar Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

PSA, a tumor associated antigen, is expressed by prostate epithelial cells and is overexpressed in prostate cancer.

(Adenovirus-PSA Prostate Cancer Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes CD166 antigen protein, is involved in cellular adhesion interactions between T-cells, B-cells, thymocytes and thymic epithelial cells.

(ALCAM wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A malignant epithelial cell, usually of large size, characterized by the lack of differentiation.

(Anaplastic Carcinoma Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of a mixture of melanin-containing epithelial cells and smaller neuroblast-like cells.

(Melanotic Neuroectodermal Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign adenofibroma characterized by the presence of epithelial cells which contain intracytoplasmic mucin and a fibrotic stroma.

(Mucinous Adenofibroma, NCI Thesaurus)