epidermis
IPA: ɛpʌdˈɝmʌs
noun
- The outer, protective layer of the skin of vertebrates, covering the dermis
- The similar outer layer of cells in invertebrates and plants
Advertisement
Examples of "epidermis" in Sentences
- The epidermis is a formidable barrier that keeps good things in the skin and bad things out.
- Melanocytes are cells found in the lower part of the outer layer of skin called the epidermis.
- There is the outer layer known as the epidermis, the dermis in the middle and the inner hypodermis.
- It bores through your obviously thin epidermis and exposes you and others here that bought into the lies.
- Once you allow the sensation of spirit to push through there, you will discover that beyond the epidermis is a wider sheath of force that surrounds us.
- The outside bark, or _epidermis_, consists of a thin, transparent, tissue-like substance, which covers not only the bark, but the whole of the tree, stem, leaves and branches, and beneath the epidermis is found
- A portion of presumptive neural plate was removed from an embryo Triton taeniatus at the beginning of gastrulation and exchanged with a portion of presumptive epidermis from a Triton cristatus embryo of the same age.
- The cells appeared to grow into all the strata of the outermost layer of natural skin, called the epidermis, creating a stronger and potentially more effective solution for patients than skins with just a single stratum of epidermal cells.
Advertisement
Advertisement