epitheliotropic

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English

Etymology

From epithelio- +‎ -tropic.

Pronunciation

Adjective

epitheliotropic (not comparable)

  1. Having an affinity for, or moving towards the epithelium
    • 2015 April 17, Lifang Zhang et al., “The role of the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signalling pathway in human cancers induced by infection with human papillomaviruses”, in Molecular Cancer, volume 14, →DOI:
      HPVs whether they are low-risk and high-risk are epitheliotropic.

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