epidermis

Other forms of epidermis

plural

epidermises·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about epidermis

What does epidermis mean?

epidermis means "the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates".

How many syllables are in epidermis?

epidermis has 4 syllables: ep-i-der-mis. The stress falls on "der". In IPA it is /ˌɛpəˈdɝməs/.

What is another word for epidermis?

Close synonyms include cuticle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is epidermis a common word?

epidermis is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with epidermis?

1 word rhymes with epidermis. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.