epidermicadj.
/ˌɛpɪˈdəːmɪk/ Of or pertaining to the epidermis; of the nature of an epidermis.
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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
1830 R. Knox tr. P. A. Béclard Elements Gen. Anat. 54 Some physiologists still place the horny or epidermic substance among the primitive fibres.
1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 127/1 In the Trematode worms epidermic spines are seldom developed.
1872 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (ed. 6) i. 9 The razor ought only to cut epidermic structures.
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