Endothelium

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  • noun. A thin layer of flat epithelial cells that lines serous cavities, lymph vessels, and blood vessels.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In anatomy, the tissue, somewhat resembling epithelium, which lines serous cavities, blood-vessels, and lymphatics.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The thin epithelium lining the blood vessels, lymphatics, and serous cavities. See epithelium.
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  • noun. A thin layer of flat epithelial cells that lines the heart, serous cavities, lymph vessels, and blood vessels.
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  • noun. an epithelium of mesoblastic origin; a thin layer of flattened cells that lines the inside of some body cavities
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    epithelial tissue  epithelium  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    blastema  carcinogenesis  choroid  electrophoresis  endoderm  
    variant
    endothelia  epithelium  
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