COLUMNAR EPITHELIAL CELL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does columnar epithelial cell mean? 

• COLUMNAR EPITHELIAL CELL (noun)
  The noun COLUMNAR EPITHELIAL CELL has 1 sense:

1. an epithelial cell that is shaped like a column; some have cilia

  Familiarity information: COLUMNAR EPITHELIAL CELL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLUMNAR EPITHELIAL CELL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

columnar cell; columnar epithelial cell

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)

 Context examples 

A stratified columnar epithelial cell that surrounds a lumen in a gland such as the breast, pancreas or prostate.

(Ductal Epithelial Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

A short columnar epithelial cell that has deposited enamel and has lost organic material and water.

(Maturation-Stage Ameloblast, NCI Thesaurus)

A columnar epithelial cell found in the bronchi.

(Mucinous Bronchial Cell, NCI Thesaurus)