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Webster 1913 Edition

Endothelium

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Enˊdo-the′li-um

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Noun.

;

pl.

Endothelia

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[NL., fr. Gr.

ἔνδον

within + [GREEK] nipple.]

(Anat.)

The thin epithelium lining the blood vessels, lymphatics, and serous cavities. See

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