epithelium

epithelium

See also: épithélium

English

Etymology

From New Latin epithēlium, from Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí, “on, atop, epi-”) + θηλή (thēlḗ, “nipple”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɛpɪˈθiːlɪəm/

Noun

epithelium (plural epitheliums or epithelia)

1. (anatomy) A membranous tissue composed of one or more layers of cells which forms the covering of most internal and external surfaces of the body and its organs: internally including the lining of vessels and other small cavities, and externally being the skin.
   • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 25:

     the passenger's roving eyes paused for a moment as he listened inwardly to a nether itch, which he supposed to be (correctly, thank Log) only a minor irritation of the epithelium.

   Synonym: epithelial tissue

Derived terms

• epithelial
• neoepithelium

Translations

membranous tissue

Afrikaans: epiteelweefsel Arabic: نَسِيج طِلَائِيّ‎ (nasīj ṭilāʾiyy) Basque: epitelio Bulgarian: епителна тъкан f (epitelna tǎkan) Catalan: epiteli m Chinese: Mandarin: 上皮 (zh) (shàngpí) Czech: výstelka f, epitel (cs) m, epitelová tkáň Danish: epitel Dutch: epitheel (nl) Esperanto: epitelio Finnish: epiteelikudos French: épithélium (fr) m German: Epithel n Greek: επιθήλιο (el) n (epithílio) Hebrew: אפיתל‎ (he) Hungarian: hám (hu) Ido: epitelio (io) Indonesian: jaringan epitel Italian: epitelio (it) m, tessuto epiteliale Japanese: 上皮組織 (jōhi sosiki), 上皮 (じょうひ, jōhi), 上皮細胞 (jōhi saibō) Kurdish: rûkeşeşane f, şaneya rûkeş f Latin: epithelium n, textus epithelialis m

Low German: epithel Malay: epitelium Norwegian: epitel Persian: بافت پوششی‎ Polish: tkanka nabłonkowa, tkanka graniczna, nabłonek (pl) Portuguese: epitélio Romanian: țesut epitelial n Russian: эпите́лий (ru) m (epitélij) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: епително тки̑во Roman: epitelsko tkȋvo Slovak: epitel (sk) Slovene: krovno tkivo Spanish: epitelio (es) m Swedish: epitel (sv) Tajik: (please verify) бофтаи эпителӣ (boftayi epitelī) Thai: เนื้อเยื่อบุผิว (néua yêua bù pĭw) Turkish: epitel (tr) Ukrainian: епітелій n (epitelij) Urdu: ظہارہ‎ Vietnamese: biểu mô

See also

• endothelium
• epidermis