MESOTHELIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mesothelium mean? 

• MESOTHELIUM (noun)
  The noun MESOTHELIUM has 1 sense:

1. epithelium originating in the embryonic mesoderm; lines the primordial body cavity

  Familiarity information: MESOTHELIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MESOTHELIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Epithelium originating in the embryonic mesoderm; lines the primordial body cavity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("mesothelium" is a kind of...):

epithelial tissue; epithelium (membranous tissue covering internal organs and other internal surfaces of the body)

 Context examples 

The tissue that lines your lungs, stomach, heart, and other organs is called mesothelium.

(Mesothelioma, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

A usually malignant and aggressive neoplasm of the mesothelium which is often associated with exposure to asbestos.

(Mesothelioma, NCI Thesaurus)

It consists of mesothelium on a connective tissue layer and it secretes a watery exudate.

(Large Intestinal Serosal Surface, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign pathologic process characterized by the transformation of the mesothelium into fallopian tube epithelium.

(Endosalpingiosis, NCI Thesaurus)