epidermal
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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"Compared with plants grown in the dark, the epidermal and inner tissues of plants grown in the light are more tightly bound together," Professor Soga said.
From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026
The skin contains two main types of adult stem cells: epidermal stem cells and hair follicle stem cells.
From Science Daily • Nov. 7, 2025
Three years ago, a research group led by PhD student Max Moog and his supervisor Michael Palmgren began studying the epidermal bladder cells of quinoa plants in ways that had never been used before.
From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2023
When the gene is mutated, it overproduces the corresponding human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 protein to trigger unhinged cell division.
From Scientific American • Nov. 3, 2023
“Since you’re an epidemiologist,” I said, “did you know that seventy percent of household dust is actually composed of human epidermal matter?”
From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
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