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Synonyms for epidermis
ˌɛp ɪˈdɜr mɪsepi·der·mis

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Wiktionary4.0 / 2 votes

  1. epidermisnoun

    Synonyms:
    cuticle

  2. epidermisnoun

    The outer, protective layer of the skin of vertebrates, covering the dermis

    Synonyms:
    cuticle

  3. epidermisnoun

    The similar outer layer of cells in invertebrates and plants

    Synonyms:
    cuticle

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. epidermis, cuticlenoun

    the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates

    Synonyms:
    cuticle, shell, carapace, shield

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. epidermisnoun

    Synonyms:
    cuticle, scarf-skin

  2. epidermisnoun

    Synonyms:
    (Bot.) exterior coating

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "epidermis":

    epidermal, skin, epidermidis

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#3616shell
#6486shield
#33897epidermal
#46486epidermis
#50223cuticle
#86787carapace
#108223epidermidis

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  1. Lorenzo Lynch:

    The dual system or the dual treatment, i don't want to think about the epidermis but some people are thinking that way.

  2. Paula Simpson:

    As we age, the epidermis (the skin’s outer layer) thins and weakens, making it susceptible to dehydration and wrinkling.

  3. Professor Karsten Koenig:

    We've seen the epidermis get thinner by nearly 20 percent. And so far we have no explanation. But this happened within six months; the question is if you go to Mars they need one or two years and we don't know yet - for sure it's not so good if the epidermis gets thinner and thinner.

  4. Professor Karsten Koenig:

    So far we've got interesting results from three astronauts. It seems that there is a strong production of collagen; so suddenly these astronauts have more collagen. It means there is some sort of anti-ageing effect, at least in the dermis - the lower part of the skin. And we found that the epidermis, in particular the part of the living cells, that this epidermis is shrinking, so the skin gets thinner, so far we have no explanation yet, and we are waiting for the other astronauts to figure out what's going on and maybe to try to figure out how we can protect, how we can help so that this epidermis is not shrinking.

  5. David Greenwood:

    We could see the different layers of cells in a leaf fragment including the epidermis with the pores, called stomata, through which plants take in carbon dioxide, we could also see the surface patterning of the epidermis cells, which was like a jigsaw pattern that we see on many living ferns.


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