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English
Adjective
- Of or pertaining to the epidermis
Extensive Definition
Epidermis may refer to:
- Epidermis (botany), in plants, the outermost layer of cells covering the leaves and young parts of a plant
- Epidermis (skin), in vertebrates, the outermost layer of the skin
- Epidermis, in invertebrates, the outermost layers of skin of up to 30 layers of stratified squamous epithelium.
epidermal in Bulgarian: Епидермис
(пояснение)
epidermal in Czech: Pokožka
epidermal in German: Epidermis
epidermal in Spanish: Epidermis
(desambiguación)
epidermal in French: Épiderme
epidermal in Portuguese: Epiderme
epidermal in Chinese: 表皮
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
ankle-deep, cortical, cursory, cutaneous, depthless, dermal, dermic, ecderonic, ectodermal, ectodermic, endermatic, endermic, epicarpal, epidermic, furry, hypodermal, hypodermic, jejune, knee-deep, light, not deep, on the surface,
shallow, shallow-rooted,
shoal, skin-deep, skinny, slight, subcutaneous, superficial, surface, testaceous, thin, trivial, unprofound