epitheliotropic
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From epithelio- + -tropic.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɒpɪk
Adjective
[edit]epitheliotropic (not comparable)
- Having an affinity for, or moving towards the epithelium
- 2015 April 17, Lifang Zhang et al., “The role of the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signalling pathway in human cancers induced by infection with human papillomaviruses”, in Molecular Cancer[1], volume 14, :
- HPVs whether they are low-risk and high-risk are epitheliotropic.