epidermis

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin epidermis, from Ancient Greek ἐπιδερμίς (epidermís) (ἐπί, on top of) + dermis (< δέρμα(derma), skin)

NounEdit

epidermis (plural epidermides or epidermises)

1. The outer, protective layer of the skin of vertebrates, covering the dermis
2. The similar outer layer of cells in invertebrates and plants

SynonymsEdit

• cuticle

Derived termsEdit

• epidermal
• epidermic
• epidermoid

TranslationsEdit

skin's outer layer in animals

• Arabic: بشرَة‎‎
• Catalan: epidermis (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 表皮 (zh) (biǎopí)

• Czech: pokožka (cs) f
• Dutch: opperhuid (nl)
• Finnish: orvaskesi (fi)
• French: épiderme (fr) m
• Galician: epiderme f
• German: Oberhaut f, Epidermis (de) f
• Greek: επιδερμίδα (el) f (epidermída)
• Hungarian: epidermisz (hu), felhám (hu)
• Ido: epidermo (io)
• Italian: epidermide (it) f
• Japanese: 表皮 (hyōhi)

• Korean: 표피 (pyopi)
• Latin: epidermis f
• Lithuanian: epidermis m
• Maori: kiritai, kiriwaho
• Polish: naskórek (pl) m
• Portuguese: epiderme (pt) f
• Romanian: epidermă (ro) f
• Russian: эпиде́рма (ru) f (epidérma), эпиде́рмис (ru) m (epidérmis)
• Scottish Gaelic: cneas m, far-chraiceann m
• Serbo-Croatian: pokožica (sh) f
• Spanish: epidermis f
• Swedish: överhud (sv), epidermis (sv)
• Telugu: బహిశ్చర్మము (bahiścarmamu), బాహ్యచర్మము (bāhyacarmamu)
• Thai: หนังกำพร้า (nạngkảphr̂ā)
• Vietnamese: ngoại bì

plant's outer layer

• Czech: pokožka (cs) f
• Esperanto: epidermo
• Finnish: epidermi (fi)
• Greek: επιδερμίδα (el) f (epidermída)
• Hungarian: epidermisz (hu)
• Ido: epidermo (io)

• Italian: epidermide (it) f
• Kazakh: өң (kk) (öñ)
• Maori: kiriwaho
• Scottish Gaelic: cneas m
• Tagalog: balat-ugat, balatpuno, balatdahon

See alsoEdit

• epithelium

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LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek ἐπιδερμίς (epidermís), from ἐπί (epí, “on top of”) + δέρμα (dérma, “skin”).

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /e.piˈder.mis/, [ɛ.pɪˈdɛr.mɪs]

NounEdit

epidermis f (genitive epidermidis); third declension

1. epidermis, cuticle, surface skin

InflectionEdit

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	epidermis	epidermidēs
genitive	epidermidis	epidermidum
dative	epidermidī	epidermidibus
accusative	epidermidem	epidermidēs
ablative	epidermide	epidermidibus
vocative	epidermis	epidermidēs

Related termsEdit

• dermis

DescendantsEdit

• English: epidermis

ReferencesEdit

• epidermis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• epidermis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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SpanishEdit

NounEdit

epidermis f (plural epidermis)

1. epidermis