Epidermis synonyms

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cuticle
Hardened skin, such as accumulates at the base and sides of a fingernail
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dermis
The sensitive connective tissue layer of the skin located below the epidermis, containing nerve endings, sweat and sebaceous glands, and blood and lymph vessels.
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skin (related)
Skin is the outer layer of something.
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epidermal (related)
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conjunctiva (related)
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epithelium (related)
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mucosa (related)
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papilla (related)
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lamina (related)
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pericarp (related)
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basement-membrane (related)
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ectoderm (related)
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photosynthesis (related)
Photosynthesis uses sunlight, carbon dioxide and water to produce oxygen, glucose and water.
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hide
The definition of a hide is an animal skin.
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integument
(Biology) An outer protective covering such as the feathers or skin of an animal, a rind or shell.
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surface (related)
The outer or the topmost boundary of an object.
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outer-layer (related)
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hypha (related)
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meninx (related)
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  • 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 simplest type consists simply of a single elongated cell projecting above the general level of the lairs, epidermis.

  • The epithem is penetrated by a network of fine intercellular spaces, which are normally filled with water and debouch on one or more intercellular cavities below the epidermis.

  • In other cases the root structure of the stele continues up to the cotyledonary node, though the hypocotyl is still to be distinguished from the primary root by the character of its epidermis.

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