The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of an epithelial cell, any of the cells making up an epithelium. [ GOC:ecd http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11839751 ]
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The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of an epithelial cell, any of the cells making up an epithelium.
Term relations
- cell differentiation
- part of some epithelium development
- results in acquisition of features of some epithelial cell