epidermis
pronunciation
How to pronounce epidermis in British English:
UK [ˌepɪˈdɜ:mɪs]
How to pronounce epidermis in American English:
US [ˌepɪˈdɜrmɪs]
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- Noun:
- the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates
Word Origin
- epidermis (n.)
- 1620s, from Late Latin epidermis, from Greek epidermis "the outer skin," from epi "on" (see epi-) + derma "skin" (see derma). Related: Epidermal; epidermic.
Example
- 1. The outermost is the epidermis .
- 2. The sun ( or tanning booth ) damages your epidermis , the outermost layer of your skin .
- 3. Cuticle is a waxy substance laid down on the leaf surface as it develops , so looking at leaf cuticle is essentially the same as looking at a leaf 's outermost cells - the epidermis .
- 4. Simple moisturisers stay in the epidermis ; they don 't regenerate cells or get rid of fine lines .
- 5. These layers are tightly connected and biologists have found that when the skin is submerged for a long time the epidermis begins absorbing water .