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EPITHELIOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does epitheliod mean? 

EPITHELIOD (adjective)
  The adjective EPITHELIOD has 1 sense:

1. resembling epitheliumplay

  Familiarity information: EPITHELIOD used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EPITHELIOD (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Resembling epithelium

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

epithelial tissue

Pertainym:

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


 Context examples 


It is characterized by tumor-like masses or nodules of granulomatous tissue comprised of activated histiocytes, epitheliod cells, and multinucleated giant cells.

(Granulomatous Dermatitis, NCI Thesaurus)



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