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# epidermis

noun (the epidermis, uncountable)

«epidermis» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (science) The thin outer layer of the skin that you can see and touch; it protects the body from germs, water and sunlight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/epidermis/#m1)
2. (plants) The outer layer of cells on a leaf, stem or root. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/epidermis/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons on the body: the epidermis is on top of the dermis; it is constantly making new cells and shedding old dead ones as dust. In plant lessons, students look at leaf epidermis under a microscope to see the tiny holes (stomata). Sunburn damages the epidermis.

### Examples

- The epidermis is the outer layer of your skin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/epidermis/#x1)
- Dead cells from the epidermis flake off every day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/epidermis/#x2)
- Sunburn damages the epidermis. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/epidermis/#x3)
- We peeled a thin layer of onion epidermis to look at under the microscope. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/epidermis/#x4)
- The epidermis has no blood vessels, so a tiny scrape may not bleed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/epidermis/#x5)
- A plant's epidermis is covered in a waxy layer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/epidermis/#x6)

### Note

Uncountable. «Epi-» means «on top of» + «dermis» (skin). Said «ep-ih-DER-mis».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «epidermis» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/epidermis/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«epidermis» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/epidermis.html) on Mova free.