horny layer
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horny layer — n. outermost layer of the epidermis that is made up of dead cells that come off … English contemporary dictionary
horny layer — noun the outermost layer of the epidermis consisting of dead cells that slough off • Syn: ↑stratum corneum, ↑corneum • Hypernyms: ↑stratum • Part Holonyms: ↑epidermis, ↑cuticle … Useful english dictionary
layer — A sheet of one substance lying on another and distinguished from it by a difference in texture or color or by not being continuous with it. SEE ALSO: stratum, lamina. SYN: panniculus. ameloblastic l. the internal l. of the enamel organ. SYN: enam … Medical dictionary
Huxley's layer — Hux·ley s layer həks lēz n a layer of the inner stratum of a hair follicle composed of one or two layers of horny flattened epithelial cells with nuclei and situated between Henle s layer and the cuticle next to the hair Huxley Thomas Henry (1825 … Medical dictionary
Huxley's layer — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = 234 GrayPage = 1068 Caption = Transverse section of hair follicle. Caption2 = System = Precursor = MeshName = MeshNumber = DorlandsPre = l 05 DorlandsSuf = 12480588 The second layer of the… … Wikipedia
Malpighian layer — /mælˌpɪgiən ˈleɪə/ (say mal.pigeeuhn layuh) noun the layer of non horny cells in the epidermis …
Malpighian layer — noun Date: 1878 the deeper part of the epidermis consisting of cells whose protoplasm has not yet changed into horny material … New Collegiate Dictionary
integument — /in teg yeuh meuhnt/, n. 1. a natural covering, as a skin, shell, or rind. 2. any covering, coating, enclosure, etc. [1605 15; < L integumentum a covering. See IN 2, TEGUMENT] Syn. 1. cortex, involucre, involucrum. * * * Covering of the body,… … Universalium
skin — skinlike, adj. /skin/, n., v., skinned, skinning, adj. n. 1. the external covering or integument of an animal body, esp. when soft and flexible. 2. such an integument stripped from the body of an animal, esp. a small animal; pelt: a beaver skin.… … Universalium
stratum — One of the layers of differentiated tissue, the aggregate of which forms any given structure, such as the retina or the skin. SEE ALSO: lamina, layer. [L. sterno, pp. stratus, to spread out, strew, ntr. of pp. as noun, s., a bed cover, layer] s.… … Medical dictionary
