the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Of or pertaining to the epidermis; epidermic; cuticular.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Relating to the epidermis or scarf-skin; cuticular; exoskeletal. Also, rarely, epidermatoid, epidermose, epidermous, epidermidal.
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adj. of or relating to a cuticle or cuticula
Word Usage
"It was already known that a genetic defect in the coding for epidermal growth factor receptor EGFR, a cell-surface receptor for a hormone known as epidermal growth factor, plays a role in about one-third of glioblastoma cases."