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Relating to the skin’s outer layer
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epidermic
Word definitions for epidermic in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Epidermic \Ep`i*der"mic\, a. [Cf. F. ['e]pidermique.] Epidermal; connected with the skin or the bark. Epidermic administration of medicine (Med.), the application of medicine to the skin by friction.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. of or pertaining to the epidermis or to the skin or bark
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. of or relating to a cuticle or cuticula [syn: cuticular , epidermal , dermal ]
Usage examples of epidermic.
The epidermic cells in the lower part of the petiole project conically, and thus differ in shape from those over the pulvinus.
The inner surface of the lamina supports two-celled, elongated papillae, resembling those in the upper part of the neck, but differing slightly from them, according to Warming, in their footstalks being formed by prolongations of large epidermic cells.