brush border

noun

The microvilli-covered surface of simple cuboidal epithelium and simple columnar epithelium cells found in certain parts of the body.

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Meanings

nounbrush border (plural brush borders)

plural brush borders

  1. The microvilli-covered surface of simple cuboidal epithelium and simple columnar epithelium cells found in certain parts of the body.
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