myoepithelialadj.
/ˌmʌɪəʊˌɛpᵻˈθiːlɪəl/, U.S. /ˈˌmaɪoʊˌɛpəˈθiliəl/ Anatomy and Zoology.
Designating an epithelial cell containing contractile fibres, occurring esp. in the body wall of coelenterates and in certain mammalian exocrine glands; consisting of or relating to such cells.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > bodily substance > other tissues > [adjective]
submucous1818
subserous1822
squamous1860
myoepithelial1881
subserosal1907
reticuloendothelial1915
lymphoreticular1942
the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > muscle substance > [adjective]
muscular1673
musculary1679
staminal1830
striated1846
brawn-like1849
striped1850
myoid1857
smooth1860
myoepithelial1881
myoblastic1890
sarcoplasmic1891
myofibrillar1927
myoplasmic1960
myofibrillary1975
1881 F. M. Balfour Treat. Compar. Embryol. II. 550 In all the Coelenterata, except the Ctenophora, the contractile elements of the body wall consist of filiform processes of ectodermal or entodermal epithelial cells. The elements provided with these processes, which were first discovered by Kleinenberg, are known as myo-epithelial cells.
1904 Nature 3 Mar. 431/1 At certain stages complete continuity could be observed between motor nerve trunk and the protoplasmic body of the myoepithelial cell.
1946 R. B. Little & W. N. Pastridge Bovine Mastitis i. 55 During lactation this external layer disappears and is represented by a myoepithelial layer.
1970 Q. Rev. Biol. 45 320 In animals, nerve and muscle tissues are considered to have arisen from primitive myoepithelial sheets.
1989 B. Alberts et al. Molecular Biol. Cell (ed. 2) xii. 972 (caption) The myoepithelial cells contract and expel milk from the alveolus in response to the hormone oxytocin.
2001 New Scientist 5 May 75/2 (advt.) The study of myoepithelial tumours of the breast.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
adj.1881