Definitions for endothelium

endothelium en·do·the·li·um

Spelling: [en-doh-thee-lee-uh m]
IPA: /ˌɛn doʊˈθi li əm/

Endothelium is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 785 anagrams from letters in endothelium (deehilmnotu).

Definitions for endothelium

noun

  1. a type of epithelium composed of a single layer of smooth, thin cells that lines the heart, blood vessels, lymphatics, and serous cavities.

Origin of endothelium

1870-75; endo- + New Latin -thelium; cf. epithelium

Examples for endothelium

The peritoneum, especially the omental part, is the seat of multiple ecchymoses, and the endothelium is fatty.

These cells are developed from the endothelium and mesothelium.

The youngest tissue is thus found directly beneath the endothelium.

Nor can it be stated positively that the endothelium has not been injured by a secondary toxic or bacterial factor.

The endothelium then undergoes proliferation, and thrombosis is produced.

The iris becomes attached to the pectinate ligament and to the endothelium of Descemet's membrane.

Gaps occur in the elastic membrane which become covered by endothelium.

Changes were found in the endothelium of the blood vessels, the axis cylinders of nerves, and the muscles.

The endothelium is seen as a delicate line, in which a few nuclei are visible.

In phlebitis the latter are found in the endothelium and in the sheaths of the veins.

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