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epidermis
[ ep-i-dur-mis ]
noun
- Anatomy. the outer, nonvascular, nonsensitive layer of the skin, covering the true skin or corium.
- Zoology. the outermost living layer of an animal, usually composed of one or more layers of cells.
- Botany. a thin layer of cells forming the outer integument of seed plants and ferns.
epidermis
/ ˌɛpɪˈdɜːmɪs /
noun
- Also calledcuticle the thin protective outer layer of the skin, composed of stratified epithelial tissue
- the outer layer of cells of an invertebrate
- the outer protective layer of cells of a plant, which may be thickened by a cuticle
epidermis
/ ĕp′ĭ-dûr′mĭs /
- The protective outer layer of the skin. In invertebrate animals, the epidermis is made up of a single layer of cells. In vertebrates, it is made up of many layers of cells and overlies the dermis. Hair and feathers grow from the epidermis.
- The outer layer of cells of the stems, roots, and leaves of plants. In most plants, the epidermis is a single layer of cells set close together to protect the plant from water loss, invasion by fungi, and physical damage. The epidermis that is exposed to air is covered with a protective substance called cuticle.
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Derived Forms
- ˌepiˈdermal, adjective
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Other Words From
- epi·dermal epi·dermic adjective
- epi·dermi·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of epidermis1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of epidermis1
C17: via Late Latin from Greek, from epi- + derma skin
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Example Sentences
Of these coats he rightly supposes the outermost to be merely the epidermis of the middle membrane or testa.
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Dry is the epidermis,A vein no longer bleeds— And the communis vermisUpon the warrior feeds.
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Guapo had made the hammocks, having woven the cords out of the epidermis of the leaf of a noble palm, called “tucum.”
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The lining of the stomach now forms the outer skin, and the former epidermis constitutes the lining of the stomach.
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This acid tinges the skin of a yellow colour, which does not disappear till the epidermis be changed.
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