epithelium
noun
any plant or animal tissue that covers a surface or lines a cavity, and that also performs any of various secretory, transporting, or regulatory functions.
epitheliums
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pluralof epithelium.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Inwardly he was lined with cast-off epitheliums, as outwardly he was clad in the painter's discarded coats.
From The Troll Garden and Selected Stories by Willa Sibert Cather
