stratum corneum
Americannoun
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Anatomy. the top layer of the epidermis, of varying depth on different parts of the body and made up of flattened dead keratinocytes that have migrated up from lower layers and are sloughed off the surface at the rate of one cell depth per day.
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Zoology. a corresponding part in many animals.
Example Sentences
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The hard microneedles penetrate through the stratum corneum, which has high electrical resistance.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 30, 2024
The larvae migrate in tortuous tunnels between the stratum basale and stratum corneum of the skin, causing serpiginous vesicular lesions.
From Slate ● Feb. 2, 2019
Long thought to be biologically inert, the stratum corneum is now known to be an intricate, biochemically complex structure, the sanctity of which is critical to having healthy skin.
From New York Times ● Oct. 16, 2017
Each of these agents strips the outer layer of the skin, the stratum corneum, which makes the skin more sensitive to the sun.
From US News ● Jun. 22, 2016
They are at first transparent, their contents plainly showing through their translucent roof-wall, composed only of the stratum corneum of the epidermis.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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