Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To cover (a wound, for example) with epithelial tissue.
- intransitive verb To become covered with epithelial tissue.
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- verb To
cover awound (or become covered) withepithelial tissue
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Examples
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Although none of these skin allografts survived permanently, many would remain long enough to control infection and fluid loss and thus gain time for the donor sites to re-epithelialize.
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This actually ends up clotting off the whole appendage behind the device, which is also expected to epithelialize.
Medgadget 2009
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The left atrial appendage clots off behind the device, which is expected to epithelialize as well …
Medgadget 2009
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