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Dutch
Etymology
Learned borrowing from New Latin epithēlium, from Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí, “on, atop, epi-”) + θηλή (thēlḗ, “nipple”) + -ium (“aggregation”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌeː.piˈteːl/
- Hyphenation: epi‧theel
- Rhymes: -eːl
Noun
epitheel n (plural epithelen)
- epithelium
Descendants