Epidermis Synonyms

ĕpĭ-dûrmĭs
The tissue forming the external covering of the body
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. cuticle
  2. skin
  3. dermis
  4. integument
  5. hide

Words Related to Epidermis

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. surface
  2. photosynthesis
  3. epithelium
  4. mucosa
  5. papilla
  6. lamina
  7. pericarp
  8. basement-membrane
  9. ectoderm
  10. outer-layer
  11. hypha
  12. meninx
  13. epidermal

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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