COLUMNAR EPITHELIAL CELL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An epithelial cell that is shaped like a column; some have cilia

Synonyms:

columnar cell; columnar epithelial cell

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("columnar epithelial cell" is a kind of...):

epithelial cell (one of the closely packed cells forming the epithelium)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "columnar epithelial cell"):

spongioblast (any of various columnar epithelial cells in the central nervous system that develop into neuroglia)

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