cuboidal

About 0.32 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Resembling a cube.

   The alveolar cells are cuboidal in shape.

2. adjective Of, pertaining to, or having the shape of a cuboid.

   A cuboidal block was formed.

3. adjective Of or pertaining to an epithelium with cells whose height and width are approximately the same (cube shaped).

Similar words

cubiform cubical cuboid cubelike three-dimensional cubic cube-shaped cubangular subcuboidal squarelike

Often followed by

cells epithelium or and to epithelial in shape type