epithelial cell

Questions about epithelial cell

What does epithelial cell mean?

epithelial cell means "one of the closely packed cells forming the epithelium".

Is epithelial cell a common word?

epithelial 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.