To form or develop epithelial tissue; to undergo or cause epithelization.
From epithelium + -ize (suffix meaning 'to cause' or 'to become'). This verb form allows medical professionals to describe the action of epithelial formation.
Surgeons use this verb when they say a wound is beginning to 'epithelize'—it's their technical way of saying the skin is starting to grow back and heal!
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