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MESOTHELIUM

\mˌɛsəθˈiːli͡əm], \mˌɛsəθˈiːli‍əm], \m_ˌɛ_s_ə_θ_ˈiː_l_iə_m]\

Definitions of MESOTHELIUM

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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One or more layers of EPITHELIAL CELLS, supported by the basal lamina, which covers the inner or outer surfaces of the body.

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

The epithelium lining the caeloma or primitive body-cavity in the embryo.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Mesoderm bounding the primitive coelom and giving rise to muscular and connective tissue.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

Part of mesoblast whence the serous cavities and muscles are developed.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

The epithelioid part of the mesoderm, the peritoneal pleural lining cells, muscle plates, etc. [Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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