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Vinony

columnar

adjective

  1. column-shaped
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /kəˈlʌm.nəɹ/

adj

Etymology: From Latin columnāris. By surface analysis, column + -ar.

  1. Having the shape of a column.
  2. Constructed with columns.
  3. Of or pertaining to an epithelium with has cells taller than they are wide (column-shaped).

    “where a villus comes next to a gland the short cubical cells of the gland may be traced into the columnar cells of the villus , the hyaline border becoming more marked”