epidermic
Americanadjective
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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
Such a stimulation must affect the living epidermic cells of the feather papilla.
From Hormones and Heredity by Cunningham, J. T.
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
Masses of epidermic scales may form around the broken ends of the feathers.
From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by Craig, R. A., D. V. M.
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
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