columnar cell

1. 1.

   an epithelial cell that is shaped like a column; some have cilia

   Synonymscolumnar epithelial cell

   Broaderepithelial cell

   Narrowerspongioblast

Questions about columnar cell

What does columnar cell mean?

columnar cell means "an epithelial cell that is shaped like a column; some have cilia".

What is another word for columnar cell?

Close synonyms include columnar epithelial cell. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is columnar cell a common word?

columnar cell is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.