epidermaladj.
/ɛpɪˈdəːməl/ Of or pertaining to the epidermis, whether in animals or plants.
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superficialc1475
cutaneous1578
cuticular1578
cutanean1601
cutany1615
cutaceous1649
cutaneal1650
intercutaneous1651
subcutaneous1656
epidermical1693
dermal1803
epidermal1816
dermoid1818
dermoidal1818
epidermic1830
epidermoidal1830
epidermoid1835
dermic1841
epidermatous1854
hypodermic1877
intraepidermal1904
intraepidermic1904
1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1843) II. 385 Its usual plan is to insinuate itself between the epidermal membranes of the leaf.
1835 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. (1848) I. 146 The last cyto~blasts which the epidermal tissue forms.
1854 R. Owen in Circle of Sci. (c1865) II. 69/2 The thick epidermal scutes called ‘tortoise-shell’.
1873 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. vii. 238 Snakes cast off the entire epidermal investment at once.
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