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Endothelial
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en·do·the·li·um  (nd-thl-m)
n. pl. en·do·the·li·a (-l-)
A thin layer of flat epithelial cells that lines serous cavities, lymph vessels, and blood vessels.

[New Latin endothlium : endo- + Greek thl, nipple; see dh(i)- in Indo-European roots.]

endo·theli·al, endo·theli·oid adj.
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Adj.1.endothelial - of or relating to or located in the endothelium


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In laboratory experiments by Soll's group, mobile syncytia disrupted membranes made from collagen, a major structural protein in lymph nodes, and punched holes in endothelial tissue, which lines blood vessels.
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