epithelium

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌɛpɪˈθiːlɪəm/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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. countable,uncountable
    — 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.

词形变化

epitheliums plural epithelia plural

词源

From New Latin epithēlium. By surface analysis, epi- + thel- + -ium.
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