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cuboidal epithelium

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cuboidal epithelium

–noun Biology.
epithelium consisting of one or more layers of cells of cuboid or polyhedral shape.
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cuboidal epithelium  
n.  Epithelial tissue consisting of one or more cell layers, the most superficial of which is composed of cube-shaped or somewhat prismatic cells.
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cuboidal epithelium n.
Epithelium made up of cells that look like cubes in a vertical section but appear to be polyhedral when viewed on their surface.

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