CUBOIDAL CELL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cuboidal cell mean? 

• CUBOIDAL CELL (noun)
  The noun CUBOIDAL CELL has 1 sense:

1. an epithelial cell that shaped like a cube

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CUBOIDAL CELL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An epithelial cell that shaped like a cube

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

cuboidal cell; cuboidal epithelial cell

Hypernyms ("cuboidal cell" is a kind of...):

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

 Context examples 

A cuboidal cell derived from a spindle-shaped granulosa cell precursor.

(Ovarian Granulosa Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

Because a cuboidal cell has a relatively large cytoplasmic volume, it can undertake more complex functions such as absorption and secretion.

(Cuboidal Cell, NCI Thesaurus)