- epithelioid
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adjective
Date: 1878
resembling epithelium <epithelioid cells>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
epithelioid
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epithelioid — [ep΄ithē′lēoid΄] adj. resembling epithelium … English World dictionary
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