The parasympathetic nerves of a developing salivary gland innervate the salivary gland epithelium which is essential for organogenesis.
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Epithelium
//ˌɛpɪˈθiːlɪəm//
Synonyms for "epithelium" (4 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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Related words (2)
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2 entriesTranslations
51 translations across 41 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- epiteelweefsel noun (membranous tissue)
Arabic
1 entries- نَسِيج طِلَائِيّ noun (membranous tissue)
Basque
1 entries- epitelio noun (membranous tissue)
Bulgarian
1 entries- епителна тъкан noun (membranous tissue)
Catalan
1 entries- epiteli noun (membranous tissue)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 上皮 noun (membranous tissue)
Czech
3 entries- epitel noun (membranous tissue)
- epitelová tkáň noun (membranous tissue)
- výstelka noun (membranous tissue)
Danish
1 entries- epitel noun (membranous tissue)
Dutch
1 entries- epitheel noun (membranous tissue)
Esperanto
1 entries- epitelio noun (membranous tissue)
Finnish
1 entries- epiteelikudos noun (membranous tissue)
French
1 entries- épithélium noun (membranous tissue)
German
1 entries- Epithel noun (membranous tissue)
Greek
1 entries- επιθήλιο noun (membranous tissue)
Hebrew
1 entries- אפיתל noun (membranous tissue)
Hungarian
1 entries- hám noun (membranous tissue)
Ido
1 entries- epitelio noun (membranous tissue)
Indonesian
1 entries- jaringan epitel noun (membranous tissue)
Italian
2 entries- epitelio noun (membranous tissue)
- tessuto epiteliale noun (membranous tissue)
Japanese
3 entries- 上皮 noun (membranous tissue)
- 上皮細胞 noun (membranous tissue)
- 上皮組織 noun (membranous tissue)
Kazakh
1 entries- эпителий noun (membranous tissue)
Latin
2 entries- epithelium noun (membranous tissue)
- textus epithelialis noun (membranous tissue)
Low German
1 entries- epithel noun (membranous tissue)
Malay
1 entries- epitelium noun (membranous tissue)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- rûkeşeşane noun (membranous tissue)
- şaneya rûkeş noun (membranous tissue)
Norwegian
1 entries- epitel noun (membranous tissue)
Persian
1 entries- بافت پوششی noun (membranous tissue)
Polish
3 entries- nabłonek noun (membranous tissue)
- tkanka graniczna noun (membranous tissue)
- tkanka nabłonkowa noun (membranous tissue)
Portuguese
1 entries- epitélio noun (membranous tissue)
Romanian
1 entries- țesut epitelial noun (membranous tissue)
Russian
1 entries- эпите́лий noun (membranous tissue)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- epitelsko tkȋvo noun (membranous tissue)
- епително тки̑во noun (membranous tissue)
Slovak
1 entries- epitel noun (membranous tissue)
Slovene
1 entries- krovno tkivo noun (membranous tissue)
Spanish
1 entries- epitelio noun (membranous tissue)
Swedish
1 entries- epitel noun (membranous tissue)
Thai
1 entries- เนื้อเยื่อบุผิว noun (membranous tissue)
Turkish
1 entries- epitel noun (membranous tissue)
Ukrainian
1 entries- епітелій noun (membranous tissue)
Urdu
1 entries- ظہارہ noun (membranous tissue)
Vietnamese
1 entries- biểu mô noun (membranous tissue)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Among the preliminary findings: women with dense breasts have a greater proportion of epithelium, that is, tissue composed of cells that line the milk and duct glands.
Source: tatoeba (11473143)
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.
Source: wiktionary
The sap of this species was able to cause loss of corneal epithelium 16 h after direct exposure to the sap in a 60-year-old male.
Source: wiktionary
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