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
The setae are invariably formed each within an epidermic cell, and they are sheathed in involutions of the epidermis.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
Such epidermic anomalies as ichthyosis, scleroderma, and molluscum simplex, sometimes appearing shortly after birth, but generally seen later in life, will be spoken of in the chapter on Anomalous Skin Diseases.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
Groups of sensitive nerve cells separate from the ordinary epidermic cells; they retire into the more protected tissue of the mesodermic under-skin, and form special neural ganglia there.
From The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
The harsh, dry skin, epidermic and papillary hypertrophy, the furfuraceous or plate-like scaliness, the greater development upon the extensor surfaces, a history of the affection dating from early childhood, and the absence of inflammatory symptoms.
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Henry Weightman Stelwagon
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