Etymology
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From New Latin epithēlium, from Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí, “on, atop, epi-”) + θηλή (thēlḗ, “nipple”) + -ium (“aggregation”).
Pronunciation
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epithelium (plural epitheliums or epithelia)
- (anatomy) A membranous tissue composed of one or more layers of cells which forms the covering of most internal and external surfaces of the body and its organs: internally including the lining of vessels and other small cavities, and externally being the skin.
- Synonym: epithelial tissue
1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 25:the passenger's roving eyes paused for a moment as he listened inwardly to a nether itch, which he supposed to be (correctly, thank Log) only a minor irritation of the epithelium.
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Translations
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membranous tissue
- Afrikaans: epiteelweefsel
- Arabic: نَسِيج طِلَائِيّ (nasīj ṭilāʔiyy)
- Basque: epitelio
- Bulgarian: епителна тъкан f (epitelna tǎkan)
- Catalan: epiteli (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 上皮 (zh) (shàngpí)
- Czech: výstelka f, epitel (cs) m, epitelová tkáň
- Danish: epitel
- Dutch: epitheel (nl)
- Esperanto: epitelio
- Finnish: epiteelikudos
- French: épithélium (fr) m
- German: Epithel n
- Greek: επιθήλιο (el) n (epithílio)
- Hebrew: אפיתל (he)
- Hungarian: hám (hu)
- Ido: epitelio (io)
- Indonesian: jaringan epitel
- Italian: epitelio (it) m, tessuto epiteliale
- Japanese: 上皮組織 (jōhi sosiki), 上皮 (ja) (じょうひ, jōhi), 上皮細胞 (jōhi saibō)
- Kazakh: эпителий (épitelii)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: rûkeşeşane f, şaneya rûkeş f
- Latin: epithelium n, textus epithelialis m
- Low German: epithel
- Malay: epitelium (ms)
- Norwegian: epitel
- Persian: بافت پوششی
- Polish: tkanka nabłonkowa, tkanka graniczna, nabłonek (pl)
- Portuguese: epitélio
- Romanian: țesut epitelial n
- Russian: эпите́лий (ru) m (epitélij)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: епително тки̑во
- Roman: epitelsko tkȋvo
- Slovak: epitel (sk)
- Slovene: krovno tkivo
- Spanish: epitelio (es) m
- Swedish: epitel (sv)
- Tajik: (please verify) бофтаи эпителӣ (boftayi epitelī)
- Thai: เนื้อเยื่อบุผิว (néua yêua bù pĭw)
- Turkish: epitel (tr)
- Ukrainian: епітелій n (epitelij)
- Urdu: ظہارہ
- Vietnamese: biểu mô
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