"brush border" meaning in English

See brush border in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: brush borders [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} brush border (plural brush borders)
  1. The microvilli-covered surface of simple cuboidal epithelium and simple columnar epithelium cells found in certain parts of the body. Wikipedia link: brush border
    Sense id: en-brush_border-en-noun-A05ZG3Va Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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