Definition of "epithelioid" []

• Resembling epithelium. (adjective)

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• "Excuse me but EHE (epithelioid hemangioendothelioma) is a rare cancer."
• "Each lamella is composed of bundles of fine connective-tissue fibers, and is lined on its inner surface by a single layer of flattened epithelioid cells."
• "These concentric corpuscles are composed of a central mass, consisting of one or more granular cells, and of a capsule which is formed of epithelioid cells (Fig. 1179)."