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columnar epithelium

noun Biology.

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

Nearby words

  1. column of fornix,
  2. column vector,
  3. columna,
  4. columnar,
  5. columnar cell,
  6. columnar jointing,
  7. columnarized,
  8. columnea,
  9. columniation,
  10. columnist
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Medicine definitions for columnar epithelium

columnar epithelium

n.

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