Epidermis

Epidermis

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• In plants, the outermost layer of cells covering the leaves and young parts of a plant is the epidermis.
• In vertebrates, epidermis is the outermost layer of the skin.
• In invertebrates, the outermost layer of cells of the organism.

Etymology: 17th Century, via Late Latin from Greek, from epi- (upon) and derma (skin)

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Etymology: Etymology is the study of the origins of words. Some words have been derived from other languages, possibly in a changed form (the source words are called etymons). Through old texts and comparisons with other languages, etymologists try to reconstruct the history of words — when they entered ...

Latin: Latin is an Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. It gained great importance as the formal language of the Roman Empire. All Romance languages are descended from Latin, and many words based on Latin are found in other modern languages such as English. The ...

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