epithelium

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Etymology

From New Latin epithēlium.

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epithelium (countable and uncountable, plural epitheliums or epithelia)

  1. (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.
    • 2014 May 30, Victor Kuete, Toxicological Survey of African Medicinal Plants, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 505:
      The sap of this species was able to cause loss of corneal epithelium 16 h after direct exposure to the sap in a 60-year-old male.

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Latin

Etymology

Introduced by Frederik Ruysch in the 18th century, originally referring to the covering of small "nipples" of tissue on the lip. Initially a first-declension noun epithēlia, from Ancient Greek ἐπι- (epi-, on, atop) +‎ Ancient Greek θηλή (thēlḗ, nipple) +‎ -ia; the nominative singular was later reinterpreted as a second-declension neuter plural.

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Noun

epithēlium n (genitive epithēliī); second declension

  1. (New Latin, anatomy) epithelium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative epithēlium epithēlia
genitive epithēliī epithēliōrum
dative epithēliō epithēliīs
accusative epithēlium epithēlia
ablative epithēliō epithēliīs
vocative epithēlium epithēlia

References

  1. ^ Foster, Michael (1874) “On the Term Endothelium”, in Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, volumes s2-14, number 55, →DOI, pages 219–223
  2. ^ MacCord, Kate (2012) “Epithelium”, in Embryo Project Encyclopedia, →ISSN