Definition of Epithelioid

1. a. Like epithelium; as, epithelioid cells.

Definition of Epithelioid

1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or resembling epithelium ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Epithelioid

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Epithelioid

1. Like epithelium; as, epithelioid cells. Origin: Epithelium. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Epithelioid

epithelial pearl
epithelial plug
epithelial reticular cell
epithelial tissue
epithelialisation
epithelialization
epithelialize
epithelialized
epithelializes
epithelializing
epitheliochorial placenta
epitheliocyte
epitheliod
epitheliofibril
epithelioglandular
epithelioid (current term)
epithelioid cell
epithelioid cell nevus
epithelioid cells
epitheliolytic
epithelioma
epithelioma adenoides cysticum
epithelioma contagiosum
epithelioma cuniculatum
epitheliomas
epitheliomata
epitheliomatous
epitheliopathy
epitheliosis
epitheliotropic

Literary usage of Epithelioid

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

1. Principles of surgery by Nicholas Senn (1895)
"epithelioid Cells.—Cells intermediate in size between the giant cells and the leucocytes are found in every tubercle nodule in which the cells have not been ..."

2. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Allen Thomson, George Dancer Thane (1882)
"300 II LYMPHATIC SYSTEM. the epithelioid patches, and in silvered preparations ... The epithelioid patches look in feet lui a part of the lymphatic vessels, ..."

3. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1905)
"In the periphery of nodules connective-tissue fibers are found between epithelioid cells. Parasites.—Moderate number. Mostly in giant cells, adult forms; ..."

4. The British Journal of Dermatology by British Association of Dermatology (1908)
"There were no young connective-tissue cells, epithelioid cells, plasma cells, nor polynuclear leucocytes. The absence of young connective-tissue cells ..."

5. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1893)
"The latter consists, win a lymphatic capillary, of flat epithelioid plates with sinuous outlines; the former is made up also of flat epithelioid plates, ..."

6. Pulmonary consumption by Charles James Blasius Williams (1887)
"Histological elements—Their relation to the Tubercle Bacillus—Exudation of Fibrin and Leucocytes into alveoli—Epithelial elements—epithelioid and Giant ..."

7. Contributions to Surgery and Medicine by Hugh Owen Thomas (1883)
"... the cartilage which were out of contact underwent gradual transformation into areolar tissue (Bindegewebe), with development of ' epithelioid ' cells. ..."

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