Definition of Epidermoid

1. a. Like epidermis; pertaining to the epidermis.

Definition of Epidermoid

1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to or composed of epidermal tissue ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Epidermoid

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Epidermoid

1. Like epidermis; pertaining to the epidermis. Origin: Cf. F. Epidermoide. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Epidermoid

epidermeous
epidermic
epidermic-dermic nevus
epidermic cell
epidermic graft
epidermical
epidermidal
epidermidosis
epidermin
epidermis
epidermises
epidermitis
epidermization
epidermodysplasia
epidermodysplasia verruciformis
epidermoid (current term)
epidermoid cancer
epidermoid carcinoma
epidermoid inclusion cyst
epidermolysis
epidermolysis bullosa
epidermolysis bullosa acquisita
epidermolysis bullosa dystrophica
epidermolysis bullosa lethalis
epidermolysis bullosa simplex
epidermophyton
epidermose
epidermosis

Literary usage of Epidermoid

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

1. Neoplastic Diseases: A Treatise on Tumors by James Ewing (1922)
"... epidermoid CARCINOMA (Continued) CARCINOMA OF ESOPHAGUS Carcinoma of the esophagus is characterized by the variety and often by the obscurity of its ..."

2. Treatise on the Diseases of Women: For the Use of Students and Practitioners by Alexander Johnston Chalmers Skene (1897)
"... DIPHTHERITIC CYSTITIS—CYSTITIS WITH epidermoid CONCRETIONS. CYSTITIS requires both local and constitutional treatment, and withal it is a troublesome ..."

3. The London Medical Recorder (1850)
"The external or epidermoid layer of the membrana tympani is found in two ... Hypertrophy, where the epidermoid, fibrous, and mucous layers are thickened. ..."

4. The Principles of Pathologic Histology by Frank Burr Mallory (1914)
"The epidermoid carcinoma has already been described in part histologically. ... When an epidermoid carcinoma starts in the skin there usually occurs a ..."

5. The Principles of Pathologic Histology by Frank Burr Mallory (1914)
"The epidermoid carcinoma has already been described in part histologically. ... When an epidermoid carcinoma starts in the skin there usually occurs a ..."

6. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"These epidermoid plates do not correspond in arrangement or extent with the bones of the carapace ; they vary considerably in form, and are therefore ..."

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