endothelium
Americannoun
noun
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A thin layer of flat epithelial cells that lines the lymph vessels, blood vessels, and the inner cavities of the heart.
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Compare mesothelium
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Etymology
Origin of endothelium
1870–75; endo- + New Latin -thelium; cf. epithelium
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The researchers are making their data on age-related protein abundance of the mouse endothelium available in a publicly accessible database for further use.
From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2024
This approach allowed the creation of an artificial SDV capable of autonomously forming its own endothelium solely through the presence of pores, eliminating the need for additional processing steps.
From Science Daily • Jan. 17, 2024
That's because COVID-19 is primarily a vascular disease, with the SARS-CoV-2 virus targeting the vascular endothelium that transmits fluids between blood and other bodily tissues.
From Salon • Dec. 27, 2023
The inside layer is called the endothelium, the middle layer is mostly smooth muscle and the outside layer is connective tissue.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
In the arterioles three kinds of changes occur: a muscular hypertrophy; a fibrosis of all the coats; or a marked proliferation of the intimal endothelium.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall
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