hypodermis

1. 1.

   layer of cells that secretes the chitinous cuticle in e.g. arthropods

   Broaderlayer

   Part ofbody covering

Other forms of hypodermis

plural

hypodermises·

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 hypodermis

What does hypodermis mean?

hypodermis means "layer of cells that secretes the chitinous cuticle in e.g. arthropods".

How many syllables are in hypodermis?

hypodermis has 4 syllables: hy-po-der-mis. The stress falls on "po".

Is hypodermis a common word?

hypodermis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.