EPITHELIOMA

(Lat.), n. n. Ep-i2-thel(thal)-i-o'ma3. Gen., epitheliom'atos (-is). Fr., Epitheliome, epithelioma. Ger., Epitheliom. It., Sp., epitelioma. See Epithelial CANCER. Calciflc e., Calcified e. Fr., epitheliome calcifie. An e. that has undergone calcareous degeneration. [L, 88 (a, 14).] Cancroid e. See Epithelial CANCER. Colloid e. See Colloid CANCER. Columnar e. See Cylindrical e. Corneous e. An e. the cells of which resemble the outer layer of epidermal cells, [a, 29.] Cylindrical e. Fr., epitheliome d cellules cylindriques. Adenoid or cylindroid epithelial cancer; a variety of e. in which the epithelial cells resemble ordinary columnar epithelia and the structure itself is quite like ordinary mucous membrane. [E.] Cylindro-cellular e. Of O, no; Oa, not; O, whole; Th, thin; Th, the; U, like oo in too; [s. 735]