epidermal

English

Alternative forms

• epidermical (dated)

Etymology

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms. By surface analysis, epidermis +‎ -al = epi- +‎ derm- +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛpɪˈdɝməl/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)məl

Adjective

epidermal (not comparable)

1. 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, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, pages 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.

Derived terms

• basiepidermal
• epidermalization
• epidermally
• intraepidermal
• neuroepidermal
• nonepidermal
• polyepidermal
• subepidermal
• transepidermal
• walleye epidermal hyperplasia virus

 

Related terms

• dermal
• epidermis

Anagrams

• impearled, impleader, peramelid, premailed, premedial