endothelium

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
endothelium /ˌɛndə(ʊ)ˈθiːlɪəm/

▶noun the layer of cells lining the blood vessels, heart, and other organs and cavities of the body, and formed from the embryonic mesoderm. Compare with epithelium.

– derivatives
endothelial adjective.

– origin C19: mod. L., from endo- + Gk thēlē ‘nipple’.

'endothelium' also found in these Oxford entries:

epithelium - reticuloendothelial

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