hypodermis
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Zoology. an underlayer of epithelial cells in arthropods and certain other invertebrates that secretes substances for the overlying cuticle or exoskeleton.
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Botany. a tissue or layer of cells beneath the epidermis.
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botany a layer of thick-walled supportive or water-storing cells beneath the epidermis in some plants
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zoology the epidermis of arthropods, annelids, etc, which secretes and is covered by a cuticle
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"The hypodermis is directly involved in the process by which stem cells become fat," Ozbolat said.
From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2024
The hypodermis, made of connective tissue and fat, provides structure and support over the skull.
From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2024
Multi-layered full thickness skin was created which contained all three layers present in normal human tissue: epidermis, dermis, and hypodermis.
From Science Daily • Oct. 4, 2023
Its enlarged base, labeled the hair bulb, is embedded in the hypodermis.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
Outside we find a very thin, horny cuticle, secreted by the layer of cells just beneath it, the hypodermis.
From The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 by Tyler, John Mason
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