epithelialization

noun

The process that covers a wound with epithelial tissue.

Scrabble 31

Meanings

nounepithelialization (countable and uncountable, plural epithelializations)

plural epithelializations · alternative epithelialisation

  1. countableuncountablebiologyThe process that covers a wound with epithelial tissue.
  2. countableuncountablebiologyThe process of assembling an epithelium from non-epithelial cells, such as in the process of mesenchymal-to-epithelial transition.

Origin

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APA

epithelialization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epithelialization

MLA

“epithelialization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epithelialization. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “epithelialization,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epithelialization.

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