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Definition of Epidermal

1. Adjective. Of or relating to a cuticle or cuticula.

Definition of Epidermal

1. a. Of or pertaining to the epidermis; epidermic; cuticular.

Definition of Epidermal

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the epidermis. ¹

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Definition of Epidermal

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Epidermal

1. Pertaining to or resembling epidermis. Also called epidermic or epidermoid. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Epidermal

Literary usage of Epidermal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Elements of Vegetable Histology by Charles William Ballard (1921)
"on the exposed surfaces of epidermal cells may be due to striations, ... Thickened epidermal Tissues.—The epidermal tissue covering seeds and certain ..."

2. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society by Royal Microscopical Society, London (1882)
"epidermal System of Roots.f—L. Olivier has made a careful study of the epidermal tissue in the roots of Vascular Cryptogams, Gymnosperms, Monocotyledons, ..."

3. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1884)
"Il, Nos. 34, 38, and 39, pp. 422-424, 552-554. 586-589, Sept. 28, Oct. 26, Nov. 2, 1883, figg. 9. t The epidermal System of Birds. By |. Amory Jeffries. ..."

4. Handbook of Practical Botany: For the Botanical Laboratory and Private Student by Eduard Strasburger (1887)
"The epidermal cells, especially of the upper side, are swollen out into ... The side walls of the epidermal cells show ridges projecting into the cell ..."

5. The Textile Fibres: Their Physical, Microscopical and Chemical Properties by Joseph Merritt Matthews (1913)
"The epidermal Scales.—The epidermal layer of scales imparts to the wool fibre ... When the epidermal scales are irregular and uneven, and have projecting ..."

6. The Microscope: An Illustrated Monthly Designed to Popularize the Subject of (1892)
"Stellate hairs, silicious 89 Mistletoe. epidermal cells and ... Leaf TS Cystoliths 92 Thickened epidermal cells . 94 Encephalartos. Stem TS Cycad . ..."

7. Chemical and Geological Essays by Thomas Sterry Hunt (1875)
"In this connection I noticed in the same paper the chemical composition of the epidermal or cortical tissue of plants, to which the name of suberin ..."

8. Physiological Botany by George Lincoln Goodale (1885)
"epidermal rolls proper are in uninterrupted contact. They are usually of a tabular or prismatic form. The lines which mark their outlines as viewed from ..."

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