epidermis

Borrowed from Latin epidermis, from Ancient Greek ἐπιδερμίς (epidermís), ἐπί (epí, “on top of”) + δέρμα (dérma, “skin”). Equivalent to epi- +‎ dermis.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɛ.pɪ.ˈdɜː.mɪs/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɛ.pə.ˈdɝ.məs/

epidermis (plural epidermides or epidermises)

1. The outer, protective layer of the skin of vertebrates, covering the dermis
2. The similar outer layer of cells in invertebrates and plants

• cuticle

• epidermal
• epidermic
• epidermoid

• epithelium

epidermis f (invariable)

1. (anatomy) epidermis

• dermis

• epidèrmic

• “epidermis” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “epidermis”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “epidermis” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “epidermis” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from Latin epidermis, from Ancient Greek ἐπιδερμίς (epidermís).

• IPA^(key): /ˌeː.piˈdɛr.mɪs/

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• Hyphenation: epi‧der‧mis

epidermis f (plural epidermissen or epidermes)

1. (anatomy) epidermis

   Synonym: opperhuid

From Ancient Greek ἐπιδερμίς (epidermís), from ἐπί (epí, “on top of”) + δέρμα (dérma, “skin”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /e.piˈder.mis/, [ɛpɪˈd̪ɛrmɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.piˈder.mis/, [epiˈd̪ɛrmis]

epidermis f (genitive epidermidis); third declension

1. epidermis, cuticle, surface skin

Third-declension noun.

• dermis

• English: epidermis

• “epidermis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• epidermis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

• IPA^(key): /epiˈdeɾmis/ [e.piˈð̞eɾ.mis]
• Rhymes: -eɾmis
• Syllabification: e‧pi‧der‧mis

epidermis f (plural epidermis)

1. (anatomy) epidermis

• “epidermis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014