Epidermis Definition

ĕpĭ-dûrmĭs
noun
The outermost layer of the skin in vertebrates, having no blood vessels and consisting of several layers of cells, covering the dermis.
Webster's New World
The outermost layer of cells covering seed plants and ferns.
Webster's New World
Any of various other integuments.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Epidermis

  • From Latin epidermis, from Ancient Greek ἐπιδερμίς (epidermis) (ἐπί, on top of) + dermis (< δέρμα(derma), skin)

    From Wiktionary

  • Late Latin from Greek epi- epi- derma skin der- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Epidermis Sentence Examples

  • This consists typically of close-fitting layers of cells with completely suberized walls, intended to replace the epidermis as the external protective layer of the plant when the latter, incapable as it is of further growth after its original formation, is broken and cast off by the increase in thickness of the stem through the activity of the cambium.

  • The nerveend-cells, which lie below the lens, are part of the general epidermis.

  • The epidermis protects the lower layers.

  • Among the Archiannelida, in Aeolosoma and some Polychaetes, the whole central nervous system remains imbedded in the epidermis.

  • Many tropical plants present on the upper surface of their leaves several layers of compressed cells beneath the epidermis which serve for storage of water and are known as aqueous tissue.

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