epithelium, n.
(epithelial, adj.)
Membranous tissue composed of one or more layers of cells separated by very little intercellular substance and forming the covering of most internal and external surfaces of the body and its organs.
“smell of wine dregs
like the epithelial tissue of my lovely Gala
her funny lamplighting epithelial tissue”
--Salvador Dali, “Binding cradled—cradle bound,” trans. Mary Ann Caws
From Surrealist Love Poems