Hypodermis meaning

hī'pə-dûrm'
An epidermal layer of cells that secretes an overlying chitinous cuticle, as in arthropods.
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A layer of cells lying immediately below the epidermis.
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A subcutaneous layer of loose connective tissue containing a varying number of fat cells.
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A specialized layer of cells, as for support or water storage, lying immediately beneath the epidermis of a plant organ.
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A layer of cells that lies beneath, and secretes, the cuticle of annelids, arthropods, etc.
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An epidermal layer of cells that secretes an overlying chitinous cuticle, as in arthropods.
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A layer of cells lying immediately below the epidermis.
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A subcutaneous layer of loose connective tissue containing a varying number of fat cells.
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An epidermal layer of cells that secretes an overlying chitinous cuticle, as in arthropods.
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(botany) A layer of cells lying immediately below the epidermis.
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(anatomy) A subcutaneous layer of loose connective tissue containing fat cells, lying beneath the dermis.
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Origin of hypodermis

hypo- +‎ dermis

Sentence Examples

  • The hypodermis is composed of parts of two different kinds, viz.

  • Exoskeleton The outer cellular layer (ectoderm or " hypodermis ") of insects as of other Arthropods, secretes a chitinous cuticle which has to be periodically shed and renewed during the growth of the animal.

  • This cellular layer is called the hypodermis; it is protected externally by a cuticle, a layer of matter it itself excretes, or in the excretion of which it plays, at any rate, an important part.

  • The cuticle contrasts strongly in its nature with the hypodermis it protects.

  • (I) the larger part of the hypodermis that exists in the maggot or caterpillar and is disf e b solved at the metamorphosis; (2) parts that remain comparatively quiescent previously, and that grow and develop when the other parts degenerate.

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