uroepithelial

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adjective

Relating to the uroepithelium.

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Meanings

adjectiveuroepithelial (not comparable)
  1. not comparableRelating to the uroepithelium.
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    Essentially, metformin has little ability to inhibit uroepithelial transformation, but could almost completely block progression of preneoplasms or non-invasive tumors, because no invasive cancer and sarcoma was observed in metformin-treated rats and the tumors in metformin-treated group were limited at the stages of dysplasia, papillary tumor or CIS.

    2015 August 7, Qi Pan et al., “Metformin can block precancerous progression to invasive tumors of bladder through inhibiting STAT3-mediated signaling pathways”, in Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research : CR, volume 34, →DOI

Origin

From uro- + epithelial.

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APA

uroepithelial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uroepithelial

MLA

“uroepithelial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uroepithelial. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uroepithelial,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uroepithelial.

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