epidermal
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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The skin shares features with ancient and extant reptiles, including a pebbled surface similar to crocodile skin, and hinged regions between epidermal scales that resemble skin structures in snakes and worm lizards.
From Science Daily • Jan. 11, 2024
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
These properties make epidermal hemoglobin a prime candidate for antioxidant activity and potentially other roles in barrier function.
From Science Daily • Nov. 17, 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
After two days of minor irritation, a full-scale epidermal breakdown is under way.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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