Usually means: Cells grow to cover wound.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word epithelialize:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. epithelialize: Merriam-Webster
  2. epithelialize: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. epithelialize: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. epithelialize: Collins English Dictionary
  5. epithelialize: Wiktionary
  6. epithelialize: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. epithelialize: Dictionary.com
  8. epithelialize: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. epithelialize: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. epithelialize: Medical dictionary

(Note: See epithelization as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (epithelialize)

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

Similar:
overclad, enrobe, bind, papillate, becover, sheet, mucosalize, encover, film, lay on, more...

Opposite:
de-epithelialize, desquamate, exfoliate

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Similar:
overclad, enrobe, bind, papillate, becover, sheet, mucosalize, encover, film, lay on, more...

Opposite:
de-epithelialize, desquamate, exfoliate



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