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epidermoid Definition

epi·der·moid (ep′ə dʉr′mo̵id′)

adjective

like, or having the nature of, epidermis

epidermoid Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • cyst: This includes skin tags, warts, benign moles, seborrhoeic warts and epidermoid cysts.
  • carcinoma: METHODS: Forty-nine adenocarcinomas were treated between 1978 and 1992 and retrospectively compared to a series of 98 paired epidermoid carcinomas.