epidermic
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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“Well, with my new jeans life was entirely exterior … I had achieved epidermic self-awareness.”
From The Guardian • Feb. 20, 2016
We have still to describe, in connection with the horse, some epidermic tissues, which are known as chestnuts.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard
The friction ridges result from the fusion in rows of separate epidermic elements, such as the dot shown on the left.
From The Science of Fingerprints Classification and Uses by Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar)
Desquamation sometimes furfuraceous, sometimes lamellar, involving all of the epidermic layer in such a manner that in some places the papillary layer was exposed.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock
It is covered with epidermic cells which multiply rapidly, thus accounting for the rapid growth of the hair.
From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.
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