Epidermis

/ˌɛp.ɪˈdɜː.mɪs/

Synonyms for "epidermis" (72 found)

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Closest matches (15)

Strong matches (21)

Related words (36)

no depthno waterouter faceouter layerouter sideouter skinoutlineoutsidepavement epitheliumperipherypinprickrindscarfskinscratchshallownessshellshoalinessskinslightnesssuperficiality
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Noun(8 words)
outer protective layerpeelsreptilian skinrussetsharkskinskinskinstegument
Adjective(1 words)
protective layer

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

4 entries

More specific

6 entries
basal layerleaf epidermisroot epidermisstratum corneumstratum granulosumstratum spinosum

Collocations

6 entries
basal layerepidermal cellsepidermal layerleaf epidermisouter epidermisroot epidermis

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

1 entries

Translations

45 translations across 34 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • بشرَة noun (skin's outer layer in animals)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • епидермис noun (skin's outer layer in animals)

Catalan

1 entries
  • epidermis noun (skin's outer layer in animals)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 表皮 noun (skin's outer layer in animals)

Czech

1 entries
  • pokožka noun (skin's outer layer in animals)

Dutch

1 entries
  • opperhuid noun (skin's outer layer in animals)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • epidermo noun (skin's outer layer in animals)

Finnish

1 entries
  • orvaskesi noun (skin's outer layer in animals)

French

1 entries
  • épiderme noun (skin's outer layer in animals)

Galician

1 entries
  • epiderme noun (skin's outer layer in animals)

German

2 entries
  • Epidermis noun (skin's outer layer in animals)
  • Oberhaut noun (skin's outer layer in animals)

Greek

1 entries
  • επιδερμίδα noun (skin's outer layer in animals)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • epidermisz noun (skin's outer layer in animals)
  • felhám noun (skin's outer layer in animals)

Ido

1 entries
  • epidermo noun (skin's outer layer in animals)

Italian

1 entries
  • epidermide noun (skin's outer layer in animals)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 表皮 noun (skin's outer layer in animals)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • эпидерма noun (skin's outer layer in animals)

Korean

1 entries
  • 표피 noun (skin's outer layer in animals)

Latin

1 entries
  • epidermis noun (skin's outer layer in animals)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • epidermis noun (skin's outer layer in animals)

Māori

2 entries
  • kiritai noun (skin's outer layer in animals)
  • kiriwaho noun (skin's outer layer in animals)

Polish

1 entries
  • naskórek noun (skin's outer layer in animals)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • epiderme noun (skin's outer layer in animals)

Romanian

1 entries
  • epidermă noun (skin's outer layer in animals)

Russian

2 entries
  • эпиде́рма noun (skin's outer layer in animals)
  • эпиде́рмис noun (skin's outer layer in animals)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • cneas noun (skin's outer layer in animals)
  • far-chraiceann noun (skin's outer layer in animals)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • pòkožica noun (skin's outer layer in animals)
  • по̀кожица noun (skin's outer layer in animals)

Spanish

1 entries
  • epidermis noun (skin's outer layer in animals)

Swedish

2 entries
  • epidermis noun (skin's outer layer in animals)
  • överhud noun (skin's outer layer in animals)

Telugu

2 entries
  • బహిశ్చర్మము noun (skin's outer layer in animals)
  • బాహ్యచర్మము noun (skin's outer layer in animals)

Thai

1 entries
  • หนังกำพร้า noun (skin's outer layer in animals)

Turkish

2 entries
  • epiderm noun (skin's outer layer in animals)
  • üst deri noun (skin's outer layer in animals)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • ngoại bì noun (skin's outer layer in animals)

Welsh

3 entries
  • argroen noun (skin's outer layer in animals)
  • epidermis noun (skin's outer layer in animals)
  • uwchgroen noun (skin's outer layer in animals)

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Several areas of the epidermis of the face show a peculiar yellowish discoloration.

Source: tatoeba (10574985)

According to the scientific report, published in the online journal Biofabrication, the printed skin has all the essential parts of the natural skin, such as the dermis (the layer of tissue that contains capillaries, nerve endings and other structures), the epidermis (the layer of cells atop the dermis), the stratum corneum (the horny outer layer), and even the collagen, which gives skin its elasticity and mechanical strength.

Source: tatoeba (10839402)

The outer layer of cells of plants is also called the epidermis.

Source: tatoeba (11899637)

By a microscope, the bug will be seen to have eight legs, two feelers, and an abdomen something egg-shaped; colour livid red; and in size no bigger than the point of a small needle. They lacerate the epidermis in some way or other, as a small hole is observable where they have been seated; and cause extreme itching and considerable inflammation of the part.

Source: tatoeba (12169545)

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