Meanings
adjectiveepitheliotropic (not comparable)
- not comparableHaving an affinity for, or moving towards the epithelium
HPVs whether they are low-risk and high-risk are epitheliotropic.
2015 April 17, Lifang Zhang et al., “The role of the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signalling pathway in human cancers induced by infection with human papillomaviruses”, in Molecular Cancer, volume 14, →DOI
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Rhymes with epitheliotropic
topicmicroscopicphilanthropicspectroscopictelescopicendoscopictropicmacroscopicectopicpsychotropicatopicmyopicarthroscopicmesoscopicanthropicinotropicmisanthropicpleiotropicfluoroscopicbarotropicgyroscopicadrenocorticotropicpolytropicstroboscopic
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epitheliotropic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epitheliotropic
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“epitheliotropic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epitheliotropic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “epitheliotropic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epitheliotropic.
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