Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An epidermal layer of cells that secretes an overlying chitinous cuticle, as in arthropods.
- n. Botany A layer of cells lying immediately below the epidermis.
- n. Anatomy A subcutaneous layer of loose connective tissue containing a varying number of fat cells.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In annelids, as the earthworm, a thick layer, below the cuticula, of reticulated or nucleated tissue, in the meshes of which is a copious transparent gelatinous substance. It is considered by some as probably representing both the dermis and the epidermis of other animals.
- n. In entomology, a soft cellular substance or tissue lining the abdominal wall of an insect, within the chitinous investment. The more superficial parts of it represent an ectoderm or epidermis, the deeper portion being a parietal layer of the mesoderm.
Wiktionary
- n. An epidermal layer of cells that secretes an overlying chitinous cuticle, as in arthropods.
- n. botany A layer of cells lying immediately below the epidermis.
- n. anatomy A subcutaneous layer of loose connective tissue containing fat cells, lying beneath the dermis.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Biol.) Same as hypoblast.
- n. (Zoöl.) Same as Hypoderma, 2.
WordNet 3.0
- n. layer of cells that secretes the chitinous cuticle in e.g. arthropods
Etymologies
- hypo- + dermis (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Just as in humans, the hypodermis is the connective tissue layer underlying the dermis of the skin.”
“Skin is composed of three primary layers: the epidermis, which provides waterproofing and serves as a barrier to infection; the dermis, which serves as a location for the appendages of skin; and the hypodermis, which is called the basement membrane.”
“[3] The term 'hypodermis' frequently applied to this layer is misleading.”
“hypodermis", Caapap is marked as dying, and PVR and DVC are neurons.”
“There is the outer layer known as the epidermis, the dermis in the middle and the inner hypodermis.”
“The key area is the dermis, a layer of skin sandwiched between the outer epidermis and the deep hypodermis.”
“The former involves damage to the outer layer of skin the epidermis and the underlying dermis; the latter involves damage to all three layers of skin—epidermis, dermis, and hypodermis—and often destroys underlying fat, muscle, nerve, and bone tissue.”
“The underlying skin (corium or hypodermis) consists chiefly of connective tissue, contains numerous blood-vessels and nerves, and has a totally different origin.”
“The cells of the hypodermis multiply greatly, and lie one above the other in numerous layers.”
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“This enables simultaneous deep volumetric heating of the dermis and hypodermis layers that in turn regenerates collagen and shrinks fat cells.”
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