Library / English Dictionary

EPIDERMAL CELL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of the cells making up the epidermis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("epidermal cell" is a kind of...):

skin cell (any of the cells making up the skin)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "epidermal cell"):

melanoblast (an epidermal cell that is a precursor of a melanocyte)

melanocyte (a cell in the basal layer of the epidermis that produces melanin under the control of the melanocyte-stimulating hormone)

Holonyms ("epidermal cell" is a part of...):

cuticle; epidermis (the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates)

Credits

 Context examples: 

When administered topically, eflornithine irreversibly inhibits skin ODC activity, thereby inhibiting the synthesis of polyamines; inhibition of polyamine synthesis may result in diminished hair growth and epidermal cell turnover.

(Eflornithine Hydrochloride Ointment, NCI Thesaurus)

Waxy or fatty layer on outer wall of epidermal cells formed of cutin and wax.

(Cuticle, Food and Drug Administration)

Vertebrate, epidermal cell of ectodermal origin.

(Keratinocyte, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

Used topically or systemically, natural or synthetic Anti-psoriatic agents relieve symptoms of psoriasis by controlling rapid growth of skin cells, reducing DNA synthesis and mitotic activity in hyperplastic epidermis, and restoring normal epidermal cell proliferation and keratinization.

(Anti-psoriatic Agent, NCI Thesaurus)