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epidermis

[ep-i-dur-mis] / ˌɛp ɪˈdɜr mɪs /
NOUN
coat
Synonyms
STRONGEST
fur leather skin wool
STRONG
crust ectoderm felt fleece hide husk integument membrane pelage pellicle pelt rind scale shell
WEAK
peltry protective covering scarfskin
NOUN
lamina
Synonyms
STRONG
bark carapace case casing coating crust cutis derma dermis fell film fur hide hull husk integument jacket membrane outside parchment peel pelt rind sheath sheathing shell shuck slough surface tegument vellum
Antonyms
STRONG
center core inside interior middle
NOUN
pelt
Synonyms
STRONGEST
wool
STRONG
coat fell hair hide jacket skin slough
NOUN
skin
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bark coating crust fur husk jacket membrane rind sheath surface
STRONG
carapace case casing cutis derma dermis fell film hide hull integument outside parchment peel pelt sheathing shell shuck slough tegument vellum
Antonyms
STRONGEST
core
STRONG
center inside interior middle
WEAK
body

Example Sentences

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They expand clonally instead, aided by KIT ligand signals released from surrounding tissue and the epidermis.

From Science Daily • Oct. 25, 2025

Butts are, after all, the indoor kids of the epidermis.

From Salon • Oct. 20, 2025

Butts are, after all, the indoor kids of the epidermis.

From Salon • Oct. 20, 2025

Once they reach the top of the epidermis, they undergo a programmed death, cornification, to create a protective barrier of dead cells.

From Science Daily • Nov. 18, 2024

If it is from the alterations they’ve made to their epidermis, I have nothing to help him.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.