Stratum Corneum

Stratum corneum is the top layer of the skin, composed of toughened, scaly cells. On most of the human body, this layer is quite thin, just .015 of a millimeter, but it's 40 times as thick, or 0.6 of a millimeter, on the soles and palms.

Normally the stratum corneum is relatively dehydrated, but it absorbs moisture and swells up when soaking. This swelling occurs throughout the soles and palms, but it is most noticeable in the fingers and toes because of their restricted dimensions. This is the "wrinkled prune" effect caused when a person had spent a prolonged time in water.

In extreme cases, for example, the so-called immersion foot syndrome, which sometimes occurs among soldiers whose feet stay wet for prolonged periods, the entire sole can wrinkle up and become painful to walk on.

The principle is the same in any case. Since the underlying tissue does not absorb water, the stratum corneum cannot spread and instead buckles.

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Language		Translations for "stratum corneum"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		stratum corneum (horny layer, horny layer of epidermis, stratum corneum epidermidis, stratum corneum of skin), hudens hornlag (horny layer, horny layer of epidermis, stratum corneum epidermidis, stratum corneum of skin), hornlaget (horny layer, horny layer of epidermis, stratum corneum epidermidis, stratum corneum of skin), hornhinde (cornea, horny layer, horny layer of epidermis, stratum corneum epidermidis, stratum corneum of skin), cornea (cornea). (various references)

Dutch		stratum corneum epidermidis (horny layer, horny layer of epidermis, stratum corneum epidermidis, stratum corneum of skin), stratum corneum (horny layer, horny layer of epidermis, stratum corneum epidermidis, stratum corneum of skin), hoornlaag van de opperhuid (horny layer, horny layer of epidermis, stratum corneum epidermidis, stratum corneum of skin), hoornlaag (horny layer, horny layer of epidermis, stratum corneum epidermidis, stratum corneum of skin). (various references)

Finnish		orvaskeden sarveiskerros (horny layer, horny layer of epidermis, stratum corneum epidermidis, stratum corneum of skin). (various references)

French		stratum corneum epidermidis (stratum corneum epidermidis, stratum corneum of skin), stratum corneum (stratum corneum epidermidis, stratum corneum of skin), couche cornée de l'épiderme (stratum corneum epidermidis, stratum corneum of skin), couche cornée (stratum corneum epidermidis, stratum corneum of skin). (various references)

German		Stratum corneum epidermidis (horny layer, horny layer of epidermis, stratum corneum epidermidis, stratum corneum of skin), Stratum Corneum (horny layer, horny layer of epidermis, stratum corneum epidermidis, stratum corneum of skin), Hornschicht (horny layer, horny layer of epidermis, stratum corneum epidermidis, stratum corneum of skin), Hornhaut (cornea, horn skin, horny skin). (various references)

Greek		κεράτινη στιβάδα του δέρματος (cutaneous horn, horny layer, horny layer of epidermis, stratum corneum epidermidis, stratum corneum of skin), κερατώδης επιδερμική στιβάδα (horny layer, horny layer of epidermis, stratum corneum epidermidis, stratum corneum of skin), κερατώδες στρώμα της επιδερμίδας (horny layer, horny layer of epidermis, stratum corneum epidermidis, stratum corneum of skin), κερατοειδής χιτώνας οφθαλμού (horny layer, horny layer of epidermis, stratum corneum epidermidis, stratum corneum of skin). (various references)

Italian		strato corneo (horny layer, horny layer of epidermis, stratum corneum epidermidis, stratum corneum of skin). (various references)

Pig Latin		atumstray orneumcay

Portuguese		córnea (cornea). (various references)

Spanish		capa córnea de la epidermis (horny layer, horny layer of epidermis, stratum corneum epidermidis, stratum corneum of skin). (various references)

Swedish		stratum corneum (horny layer, horny layer of epidermis, stratum corneum epidermidis, stratum corneum of skin), hornlager (horny layer, horny layer of epidermis, stratum corneum epidermidis, stratum corneum of skin). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Stratum Corneum

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	Words within the letters "a-c-e-m-m-n-o-r-r-s-t-t-u-u"
	-4 letters: commutates, consummate, numerators, raconteurs.
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Domain	Title
Books	Bioengineering of the Skin: Water and the Stratum Corneum, Volume I (reference) Cohesion and Desquamation of Epidermal Stratum Corneum (reference) Stratum Corneum (reference) Structure and Function of the Stratum Corneum As Border Organ (reference) (more book examples)
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Stratum Corneum

Definition: Stratum Corneum

Stratum Corneum

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Expressions using "stratum corneum": stratum corneum epidermidis ♦ stratum corneum of skin. Additional references.
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