epidermic

American  

[ep-i-durm-ik] / ˌɛp ɪˈdɜrm ɪk /

adjective

1. a less common variant of epidermal.

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Example Sentences

“Well, with my new jeans life was entirely exterior … I had achieved epidermic self-awareness.”

From The Guardian • Feb. 20, 2016

We have still to describe, in connection with the horse, some epidermic tissues, which are known as chestnuts.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard

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 Stelwagon, Henry Weightman

The plumage is an epidermic structure, and therefore distinct from the connective tissue, but it is difficult to understand why a pigment factor though present in every cell has no effect on epidermic cells.

From Hormones and Heredity by Cunningham, J. T.

Tor′toise-shell, the horny epidermic plate of a species of turtle.—adj. of the colour of the foregoing, mottled in yellow and black.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various