cuticle

N ผิวหนังชั้นนอก  epidermis pil-nang-chan-nok

CUTICLE

n.[L., skin, the same as hide, which see. ] 1. The scarf-skin; the thin exterior coat of the skin, which rises in a blister; a thin pellucid membrane covering the true skin.
2. The thin external covering of the bark of a plant.
3. A thin skin formed on the surface of liquor.

CUTICLE

Cu "ti *cle (k "t-k'l ), n. Etym: [L. cuticula, dim. of cuttis skin; akin to E. hide skin of an animal. ]

cuticle

cu ti cle |ˈkyo͞otikəl ˈkjudəkəl | ▶noun 1 the outer layer of living tissue, in particular: • Botany & Zoology a protective and waxy or hard layer covering the epidermis of a plant, invertebrate, or shell. • the outer cellular layer of a hair. • Zoology another term for epidermis. 2 the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail. DERIVATIVES cu tic u lar |kyo͞oˈtikyələr |adjective ORIGIN late 15th cent. (denoting a membrane of the body ): from Latin cuticula, diminutive of cutis ‘skin. ’

cuticle

cuticle |ˈkjuːtɪk (ə )l | ▶noun 1 the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail. 2 the outer cellular layer of a hair. 3 Botany & Zoology a protective and waxy or hard layer covering the epidermis of a plant, invertebrate, or shell. • Zoology another term for epidermis. DERIVATIVES cuticular |-ˈtɪkjʊlə |adjective ORIGIN late 15th cent. (denoting a membrane of the body ): from Latin cuticula, diminutive of cutis ‘skin ’.

cuticle

cut i cle /kjúːtɪk (ə )l /名詞 C (手足のつめの付け根の )あま皮 ; (一般に )外皮, 表皮 .