epithelioid
[ep-uh-thee-lee-oid]
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adjective
resembling epithelium.
Origin of epithelioid
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This layer is the epithelioid layer of the membrane of Descemet.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume III (of 4)Francis Maitland Balfour
The latter is the epithelioid lining of the heart, and the cavity it contains the true cavity of the heart.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume III (of 4)Francis Maitland Balfour
These cells are large, epithelioid in shape, and often contain vacuoles and fatty granules.
Epithelioid cells and large vesicular cells with several nuclei were to be found.
PlagueThomas Wright Jackson
Giant cells, which also form by coalescence of the epithelioid cells, are not always present.
Surgery, with Special Reference to PodiatryMaximilian Stern
epithelioid
[ĕp′ə-thē′lē-oid′]
adj.
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