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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

epithelialize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ep-ithe-lial-ize
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cover a wound (or become covered) with epithelial tissue.

Etymology

From epithelial + -ize. By surface analysis, epi- + thel- + -i- + -al + -ize.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

epithelializes (present, singular) epithelializing (participle, present) epithelialized (participle, past) epithelialized (past) epithelialise (alternative) epithelize (alternative)

Derived Forms

deepithelialize deepithelialized reepithelialize reepithelialized unepithelialized

Frequently Paired Words

epithelialization

Questions

What does epithelialize mean?
To cover a wound (or become covered) with epithelial tissue.
Where does epithelialize come from?
From epithelial + -ize. By surface analysis, epi- + thel- + -i- + -al + -ize.

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