Definition of Epithelialize

1. Verb. To cover a wound (or become covered) with epithelial tissue ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Epithelialize

1. [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Epithelialize

epithelial dysplasia
epithelial ectoderm
epithelial inlay
epithelial lamina
epithelial layers
epithelial migration
epithelial myoepithelial carcinoma
epithelial nest
epithelial pearl
epithelial plug
epithelial reticular cell
epithelial tissue
epithelialisation
epithelialization
epithelialize (current term)
epithelialized
epithelializes
epithelializing
epitheliochorial placenta
epitheliocyte
epitheliod
epitheliofibril
epithelioglandular
epithelioid
epithelioid cell
epithelioid cell nevus
epithelioid cells
epitheliolytic
epithelioma

Literary usage of Epithelialize

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Practice of pediatrics by Charles Gilmore Kerley (1918)
"If the defect is small enough, it may granulate and epithelialize; but if this does not happen and operation is not resorted to, peritonitis and death will ..."

2. The Practice of pediatrics by Charles Gilmore Kerley (1914)
"... it may granulate and epithelialize; but if this does not happen and operation is not resorted to, peritonitis and death will probably ensue. Treatment. ..."

3. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1920)
"... allowed the wound to epithelialize without grafting, the epithelium springing from the lining of the glands of the nose. ..."

4. Therapeutic Gazette (1905)
"The walls should be thoroughly cleaned and the raw surfaces induced to epithelialize. When the epithelium is entirely destroyed ..."

5. Collected Papers by the Staff of Saint Mary's Hospital, Mayo Clinic by Saint Marys Hospital (Rochester, Minn.) (1920)
"... allowed the wounds to epithelialize without grafting. It would seem that if the hypertrophied tissue is removed, leaving a smooth surface, that islands ..."

6. Prosthetics/Amputations/Orthotics/Orthopedics and Spinal Cord Injury and edited by Mindy L. Aisen (2000)
"... affecting 15 percent of all persons with the disease during their lifetimes (2). While the majority will successfully epithelialize their ulcers ..."

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