Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for EP-I-DERM'IS
EP-I-DERM'IC, or EP-I-DERM'ID-ALEP'I-DOTE
EP-I-DERM'IS, n. [Gr. επιδερμις; επι and δερμα, skin.]
In anatomy, the cuticle or scarf-skin of the body; a thin membrane covering the skin of animals, or the bark of plants. Encyc. Martyn.
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