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    STRATUM GRANULOSUM

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The layer of epidermis just under the stratum corneum or (on the palms and soles) just under the stratum lucidum; contains cells (with visible granules) that die and move to the surfaceplay

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    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("stratum granulosum" 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 ("stratum granulosum" is a part of...):

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

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