Definition of Hypoderma

1. Noun. In some classifications considered the type genus of the family Hypodermatidae: warble flies.

Exact synonyms: Genus Hypoderma
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Hypodermatidae, Family Oestridae, Hypodermatidae, Oestridae
Member holonyms: Warble Fly

Definition of Hypoderma

1. n. A layer of tissue beneath the epidermis in plants, and performing the physiological function of strengthening the epidermal tissue. In phanerogamous plants it is developed as collenchyma.

Definition of Hypoderma

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Medical Definition of Hypoderma

1. 1. A layer of tissue beneath the epidermis in plants, and performing the physiological function of strengthening the epidermal tissue. In phanerogamous plants it is developed as collenchyma. 2. An inner cellular layer which lies beneath the chitinous cuticle of arthropods, annelids, and some other invertebrates. See: hypo, derma. Origin: Gr. Derma = skin (06 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypoderma

hypocritical
hypocritically
hypocrystalline
hypocupraemia
hypocycloid
hypocycloidal
hypocycloids
hypocystotomy
hypocythemia
hypocytosis
hypodactylum
hypodactyly
hypodensities
hypodensity
hypoderm
hypoderma (current term)
hypodermal
hypodermas
hypodermatic
hypodermatoclysis
hypodermatomy
hypodermatosis
hypodermic
hypodermic injection
hypodermic needle
hypodermic needles
hypodermic syringe
hypodermic tablet
hypodermically
hypodermics

Literary usage of Hypoderma

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

1. Report on the Injurious Insects and Other Animals Observed in the Midland by Walter Edward Collinge (1908)
"hypoderma bovis (De Geer). The Ox Warble Fly has for many years been a ... There are two species of flies — hypoderma lineata and H. bovis—and many of the ..."

2. The Animal Parasites of Man by Harold Benjamin Fantham, Maximilian Gustav Christian Carl Braun (1916)
"Soc. Zool. Ital., 1904, xiii, p. 171.) hypoderma lineata, de Villers. ... In its larval stage it lives like other species of hypoderma, attacking the red ..."

3. The Insect Book: A Popular Account of the Bees, Wasps, Ants, Grasshoppers by Leland Ossian Howard (1905)
"... and they are as a rule inconspicuous in their coloration. The antennae are small and inserted in rounded pits. Typical Life History (hypoderma ..."

4. Comparative Anatomy of the Vegetative Organs of the Phanerogams and Ferns by Anton Bary (1884)
"... or three are also accessory ones in the hypoderma, the number and arrangement of which vary Ы FIG. 191.—Cunninghamia sinensis; transverse section ..."

5. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1876)
"The genera hypoderma and ... are not yet known as coming from America, but it is very probable that hypoderma lives in the United States. ..."

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