different between epithelium vs lymphoepithelioma

English

Etymology

From New Latin epith?lium, from Ancient Greek ??? (epí, “on, atop, epi-”) + ???? (th?l?, “nipple”) + -ium (“aggregation”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??p???i?l??m/

Noun

epithelium (plural epitheliums or epithelia)

1. (anatomy) A membranous tissue composed of one or more layers of cells which forms the covering of most internal and external surfaces of the body and its organs: internally including the lining of vessels and other small cavities, and externally being the skin.
   • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 25:

     the passenger's roving eyes paused for a moment as he listened inwardly to a nether itch, which he supposed to be (correctly, thank Log) only a minor irritation of the epithelium.

   Synonym: epithelial tissue

Derived terms

• epithelial
• neoepithelium

Translations

See also

• endothelium
• epidermis

English

Etymology

lympho- +? epithelioma

Noun

lymphoepithelioma (plural lymphoepitheliomas or lymphoepitheliomata)

1. (pathology) A cancer of the epithelium and lymphoid tissue of the nasopharynx