epithelial tissue

Questions about epithelial tissue

What does epithelial tissue mean?

epithelial tissue means "membranous tissue covering internal organs and other internal surfaces of the body".

What is another word for epithelial tissue?

Close synonyms include epithelium. 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 epithelial tissue a common word?

epithelial tissue 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.