columnar epithelium

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noun Biology.

epithelium consisting of one or more layers of elongated cells of cylindrical or prismatic shape.

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Words nearby columnar epithelium

columelliform, column, columna, columnar, columnar cell, columnar epithelium, columnarized, columnar jointing, column chromatography, column dress, columnea

How to use columnar epithelium in a sentence

They always imply desquamation of epithelium, which rarely occurs except in parenchymatous inflammations (Figs. 60 and 61).
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
The finely granular variety is the least significant, and is found when the epithelium is only moderately affected.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Granular and fatty casts, therefore, always indicate partial or complete disintegration of the renal epithelium.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Fragment, apparently from a columnar mass, of a stone intermediate between clink-stone and compact felspar.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King

The north of Blue-Mud Bay has furnished also specimens of ancient sandstone; with columnar rocks, probably of clink-stone.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King

Medical definitions for columnar epithelium

columnar epithelium

Epithelium made up of cells that are taller than they are wide and that form a single layer.