epidermal

adj

epidermal

adj

/ˌɛpɪˈdɝməl/

Etymology From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms. By surface analysis, epidermis + -al = epi- + derm- + -al.

1

Of or pertaining to the epidermis.

  • The epidermal cells of the capsule wall of Jubulopsis, with nodose "trigones" at the angles, are very reminiscent of what one finds in Frullania spp.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, pages 4-5:
Derived terms
antiepidermal, basiepidermal, dermoepidermal, epidermalization, epidermally, intraepidermal, neoepidermal, neuroepidermal, nonepidermal, polyepidermal, subepidermal, transepidermal, walleye epidermal hyperplasia virus
Related terms
dermal, epidermis

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