epidermis /ep-i-dûrˈmis/

1. Cuticle or scarf-skin, forming an external protective covering for the true skin or corium (zoology)
2. An outer sheath of close-set cells, usu one deep (botany)

epiderˈmal ,

epiderˈmic or

epiderˈmoid adjective

Epidermophyton /-mofˈi-tən/ noun

(Gr phyton a plant) a genus of parasitic ascomycete fungi or dermatophytes, a cause of athlete's foot

epidermolysis bullosa /-molˈi-sis bŭ-lōˈsə/ noun

(Gr lysis loosening, New L bulla blister) a mutilating and incapacitating hereditary skin disease in which the skin on slight contact readily becomes covered with blisters (abbrev EB)

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