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epidermal

American  
[ep-i-durm-uhl] / ˌɛp ɪˈdɜrm əl /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the epidermis of a human being, animal, or plant.


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The institute evaluated skin regeneration using ultrasound measurements of skin thickness, elasticity UV protection and epidermal cell renewal to assess overall skin function.

From Science Daily • Dec. 26, 2025

These cells were also able to differentiate into a downstream epidermal cell type, keratinocytes, which represent a key cell type in the skin.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 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

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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