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Definition of Stratum germinativum
1. Noun. The innermost layer of the epidermis.
Group relationships: Cuticle, Epidermis
Generic synonyms: Stratum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stratum Germinativum
Literary usage of Stratum germinativum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1913)
"The formation of the "anlagen" of a hair follicle and a sweat gland from the
stratum germinativum. (Taken from Fig. 38, C. Wimpfheimer, Anat. ..."
2. A Text-book of Histology: Arranged Upon an Embryological Basis by Frederic Thomas Lewis, Philipp Stöhr (1913)
"The stratum germinativum and stratum corneum are subdivisions of a single thick
... The polygonal cells which form the bulk of the stratum germinativum are ..."
3. A Laboratory manual and text-book of embryology by Charles William Prentiss (1917)
"The stratum germinativum is the reproducing layer of the epidermis. As development
proceeds, its cells by division gradually give rise to new layers above ..."
4. Normal Histology: With Special Reference to the Structure of the Human Body by George Arthur Piersol (1916)
"While the stratum germinativum of the skin covering the finger-tip passes directly
and insensibly onto the nail-bed, the entire extent of which it invests ..."
5. Text-book of Histology: Including the Microscopic Technic by Philipp Stöhr (1898)
"In the deepest layer of the stratum germinativum the cells are ... In the stratum
germinativum new cells are continually being formed by indirect division. ..."
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