† epidermicaladj.
/ɛpɪˈdəːmɪkəl/ Obsolete.
= epidermic adj.
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the world > life > the body > skin > layer of skin > [adjective] > specific layers
superficialc1475
cutaneous1578
cuticular1578
cutanean1601
cutany1615
cutaceous1649
cutaneal1650
intercutaneous1651
subcutaneous1656
epidermical1693
dermal1803
epidermal1816
dermoid1818
dermoidal1818
epidermic1830
epidermoidal1830
epidermoid1835
dermic1841
epidermatous1854
hypodermic1877
intraepidermal1904
intraepidermic1904
1693 J. Beaumont Considerations Theory of Earth ii. 79 Any Dissolution of such a pitiful Epidermical covering.
Derivatives
epiˈdermically adv. by the epidermic method; by means of the epidermis; upon the outer skin.
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the world > life > the body > skin > layer of skin > [adverb] > specific layers
epidermically1852
hypodermically1863
hypodermatically1888
1852 Fraser's Mag. 46 93 To fasten on a fillet of the raw fish epidermically.
1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 459 By applying it epidermically.
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adj.1693