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Definition: Epidermis |
EpidermisNoun1. The outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "epidermis" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Biology & Biotechnology | The outermost layer of cells on the primary plant body. Source: European Union. (references) |
Health | Nonvascular layer of the skin. It is made up, from within outward, of five layers: 1) basal layer (stratum basale epidermidis); 2) spinous layer (stratum spinosum epidermidis); 3) granular layer (stratum granulosum epidermidis); 4) clear layer (stratum lucidum epidermidis); and 5) horny layer (stratum corneum epidermidis). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: EpidermisSynonym: cuticle (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Covering | Integument, tegument; skin, pellicle, fleece, fell, fur, leather, shagreen, hide; pelt, peltry; cordwain; derm; robe, buffalo robe; cuticle, scarfskin, epidermis. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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 | Shows illustration of epidermis, dermis and subcutaneous layers of skin, labeled.Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Illustration of a cross-section of the skin with labels indicating epidermis, dermis, sweat gland, fatty tissue, nerve follicle and oil gland. See artwork: RR-15b, WYNTK-22b.Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
 | One of the histopathologic characteristics of pinta, a nonvenereal treponemal disease contracted through direct contact with infectious lesions containing the bacterium Treponema carateum, is thickening of the epidermis.Credit: CDC. |  | Pathognomonic findings seen here include acanthosis, broadening and elongation of the rete ridges, intracellular and intercellular edema of the rete cells, and migration of the inflammatory cells through the epidermis; H&E stain; magnification 40X.Credit: CDC. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Single melanocytes and clusters of melanocytes are dispersed through the full thickness of the epidermis. (references) | |
The dermal-epidermal junction loses its rete ridges forming a flattened interface between the epidermis and dermis. (references) | ||
Exposure of skin to UVR in the region of 290 to 315 nm is essential for the formation of vitamin D3 in the epidermis. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Epidermis" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Epidermis" is used about 78 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 78 | 37,656 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "epidermis": clear layer of epidermis ♦ horny layer of epidermis ♦ Plant Epidermis. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
epidermis | 79 |
epidermis staphylococcus | 14 |
dermis epidermis | 6 |
staph epidermis | 5 |
epidermis picture | 5 |
epidermis layer | 4 |
epidermis leaf | 3 |
epidermis skin | 3 |
epidermis nevus | 3 |
epidermis graphic | 2 |
dermis e epidermis hipodermis | 2 |
cebolla de epidermis | 2 |
desmosomes epidermis keratin keratinocytes | 2 |
bullosa epidermis | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "epidermis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | epidermë (scarf-skin), veshje e guaskës, shtresë e jashtme e lëkurës. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | أدمة, بشرة (color, colour, complexion, cuticle, outer skin, skin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | епидермис (scarf-skin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 表皮 (cuticle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | pokožka (complexion, cuticle, scarf-skin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | epidermis, overhud (cuticle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | epidermis, opperhuid. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پوست برونی (Pod), جلد (Case, Copy, Cover, Holster, Jacket, Nimble, Quick, Sheath, Sheathe, Shell, Skin, Tome, Volume, Yare), بشره (Colony, Complexion, Cuticle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | epidermi, päällysketto. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | épiderme. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | epidermis, oberhaut (cuticle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | επιδερμίς (cuticle), επιδερμίδα (complexion, cuticle, scarf-skin, skin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | עלית "עור. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | felhám (cuticle, epithelial, outer skin, peel, scarf-skin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | epidermide (cutaneous, dermis, skin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | "皮 (cuticle), 上皮 (cuticle, epithelium, outer skin, rind, skin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | うわかわ (cuticle, epithelium, outer skin, rind, skin, surface, upper side), あまかわ (cuticle), じょうひ (cuticle, epithelium, outer skin, rind, skin, unnecessary expense, unnecessary expenses). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | epiderm. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | epidermisay epiderme (epidiascope, scarf-skin), epidérmico (epidermic). (various references) epidermã (cuticle), cuticulã (cuticle). (various references) эпидерма (scarf-skin), эпидермис (cuticle). (various references) epidermis. (various references) epidermis (scarfskin). (various references) epidermis, överhud (scarfskin). (various references) ผิวหนังชั้นนอกสุ". (various references) epidermis (scarfskin), üstderi (scarfskin). (various references) епідерміс. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | epidermis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "epidermis": epidermises. (additional references) | |
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"Epidermis" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: epidemia, epidermas, epidermist, epidermus, epidurmis, peidermis. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "epidermis" (pronounced e'puder"mus) |
| 5 | -d er" m u s | dermis. |
| 4 | -er" m u s | thermos. |
| 3 | -m u s | animus, anonymous, autonomous, blasphemous, enormous, famous, grimace, hippopotamus, humus, ignoramus, infamous, isthmus, litmus, magnanimous, mandamus, monogamous, polygamous, posthumous, premise, primus, promise, pumice, ramus, Shamas, shamus, synonymous, thalamus, unanimous, venomous. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-i-i-m-p-r-s" | |
-1 letter: demireps, epiderms, impeders, premised, simpered. | |
-2 letters: demirep, deperms, empires, emprise, epiderm, epimers, impeder, impedes, imprese, pismire, premeds, premies, premise, preside, primsie, remised, speired, spiered, spireme. | |
-3 letters: demies, demise, deperm, dermis, desire, dimers, eiders, empire, epimer, espied, imides, impede, irides, irised, merdes, peised, perdie, permed, premed, premie, prides, primed, primes, prised, redips, remise, reside. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-i-i-m-p-r-s" | |
+1 letter: spermicide. | |
+2 letters: desipramine, epidermises, hesperidium, meperidines, premodifies, spermicides. | |
+3 letters: desipramines, distempering, impoverished, meanspirited, misperceived. | |
+4 letters: improvidences, pedestrianism. | |
+5 letters: impersonalized, misinterpreted, oversimplified, pedestrianisms, predominancies, premeditations. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 70 69 64 65 72 6D 69 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). .--. .. -.. . .-. -- .. ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01110000 01101001 01100100 01100101 01110010 01101101 01101001 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E p i d e r m i s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0070 0069 0064 0065 0072 006D 0069 0073 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)398275707184797585 |
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