Epidermis

Chamber's Twientieth Century Dictionary · 1908 · p. 36

ep-i-dėr′mis, n. scarf-skin or cuticle, forming an external covering of a protective nature for the true skin or corium.— adjs. Epider′matoid ; Epider′mic , Epider′mal , Epider′midal . [Gr. epidermis — epi , upon, derma , the skin.]