corneum
Americannoun
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The stratum corneum, the outer layer of mature skin cells, communicates with the epidermis below.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2023
The larvae migrate in tortuous tunnels between the stratum basale and stratum corneum of the skin, causing serpiginous vesicular lesions.
From Slate ● Feb. 2, 2019
Exfoliation happens primarily in the outer layer of your skin, the stratum corneum.
From New York Times ● Jun. 25, 2018
Each of these agents strips the outer layer of the skin, the stratum corneum, which makes the skin more sensitive to the sun.
From US News ● Jun. 22, 2016
The epidermis is differentiated from without inwards into the stratum corneum, the stratum lucidum, the stratum granulosum, and the rete Malpighii or germinal layer, from which all the others are developed.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
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