epithelialization
English
Alternative forms
- epithelialisation
Etymology
epithelial + -ization
Noun
epithelialization (countable and uncountable, plural epithelializations)
- (biology) The process that covers a wound with epithelial tissue.
- (biology) The process of assembling an epithelium from non-epithelial cells, such as in the process of mesenchymal-to-epithelial transition.
Derived terms
- neoepithelialization
- reepithelialization
Related terms
- epithelialize