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epidermic

American  
[ep-i-durm-ik] / ˌɛp ɪˈdɜrm ɪk /

adjective

  1. a less common variant of epidermal.


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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

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

Horns consist of closely agglutinated epidermic cells, forming small columns or rods; in the columns themselves the cells are arranged concentrically.

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 Stelwagon, Henry Weightman

As found in epidermic scrapings of ringworm, showing mycelium and spores.

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 Stelwagon, Henry Weightman

A single layer of epidermic cells, some of which are glandular, forms the outer layer.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various

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