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Definition of Stratum lucidum
1. Noun. The layer of epidermis immediately under the stratum corneum in the skin of the palms and soles.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stratum Lucidum
Literary usage of Stratum lucidum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Textbook of Physiology by Michael Foster (1889)
"These clear transparent cells form a transparent seam, the stratum lucidum,
between the stratum granulosum and Malpighian layer below and the horny layer ..."
2. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1899)
"These clear transparent cells form a transparent seam, the stratum lucidum,
between the stratum granulosum and Malpighian layer below and the horny layer ..."
3. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science edited by Biologists Limited, The Company of. (1877)
"[As I have described and figured in my paper in the ' Philosophical Transactions,'
the median stratum lucidum possesses longer or shorter processes ..."
4. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1910)
"The stratum lucidum is the most superficial part of the Malpighian layer. ...
In regions where the epidermis is thin the stratum lucidum is absent. ..."
5. Human Embryology by Charles Sedgwick Minot (1892)
"The fifth stage is established by the development of the stratum lucidum.
Bowen has made the important discovery that the stratum lucidum of the human ..."
6. Text-book of normal histology: including an account of the development of by George Arthur Piersol (1899)
"It is probable that where a well-developed stratum corneum exists the parts of
this external to the stratum lucidum represent the metamorphosed ..."