epidermal
English
Alternative forms
- epidermical (dated)
Etymology
From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: surface analysis, epidermis + -al = epi- + derm- + -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɛpɪˈdɝməl/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)məl
Adjective
epidermal (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the epidermis.
- 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 4-5:
- The epidermal cells of the capsule wall of Jubulopsis, with nodose "trigones" at the angles, are very reminiscent of what one finds in Frullania spp.
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Derived terms
- basiepidermal
- epidermalization
- epidermally
- intraepidermal
- neuroepidermal
- nonepidermal
- polyepidermal
- subepidermal
- transepidermal
Related terms
- dermal
- epidermis
Anagrams
- impearled, impleader, peramelid, premailed, premedial