Dictionary Entry
epidermis
epidermis is a 9-letter English word with 3 senses as transitive verb and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The outer, nonsensitive layer of the skin; cuticle; scarfskin. See Dermis. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 3 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
The outer, nonsensitive layer of the skin; cuticle; scarfskin. See Dermis.
- 2transitive verb
The outermost layer of the cells, which covers both surfaces of leaves, and also the surface of stems, when they are first formed. As stems grow old this layer is lost, and never replaced.
- 3noun
the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates
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