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    HORNY LAYER

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The outermost layer of the epidermis consisting of dead cells that slough offplay

    Synonyms:

    corneum; horny layer; stratum corneum

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("horny layer" is a kind of...):

    stratum (one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock))

    Holonyms ("horny layer" is a part of...):

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

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