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
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.
They arise from little projecting ridges, formed of rectangular epidermic cells.
From Insectivorous Plants by Darwin, Charles
Uro-Skinneri sounds like something medical and epidermic, but then we're informed that its sepals and petals Are "reticulated in tender brown and broad rosy-mauve," which immediately sends one "off the metals."
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, June 18, 1892 by Various
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