epidermal
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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This hypothesis provides new leads to decipher the mechanisms of epidermal renewal.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 18, 2024
Surface ectoderm is a dense sheet of epidermal progenitors, which gives rise to the surface covering of the body, such as skin, and the associated features of teeth, hair and fingernails.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 4, 2024
Among other things, the epidermal bladder cells of quinoa contain oxalic acid, a compound also found in rhubarb, which acts as a deadly poison on pests.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2023
When the gene is mutated, it overproduces the corresponding human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 protein to trigger unhinged cell division.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 3, 2023
After two days of minor irritation, a full-scale epidermal breakdown is under way.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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