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epidermis [ˌɛpɪˈdɜːmɪs] n 1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) Also called cuticle the thin protective outer layer of the skin, composed of stratified epithelial tissue 2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) the outer layer of cells of an invertebrate 3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) the outer protective layer of cells of a plant, which may be thickened by a cuticle [via Late Latin from Greek, from epi- + derma skin] epidermal , epidermic, epidermoid adj
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Translations epidermis [ɛpɪˈdɜːmɪs] n (Anat, Bot, Zool) → epidermide f epidermis [ɛpɪˈdɜːmɪs] n (Anat, Bot, Zool) → epidermide f How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Just the same as though you prayed that a physician might only be called upon to prescribe for headaches, measles, and the stings of wasps, or any other slight affection of the epidermis. Gliddon was of opinion, from the redness of the epidermis, that the embalmment had been effected altogether by asphaltum; but, on scraping the surface with a steel instrument, and throwing into the fire some of the powder thus obtained, the flavor of camphor and other sweet-scented gums became apparent. Our outside and often thin and fanciful clothes are our epidermis, or false skin, which partakes not of our life, and may be stripped off here and there without fatal injury; our thicker garments, constantly worn, are our cellular integument, or cortex; but our shirts are our liber, or true bark, which cannot be removed without girdling and so destroying the man. |
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