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horny layer

NOUN
  1. the outermost layer of the epidermis consisting of dead cells that slough off

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  • This is deposited by the mollusc in very thin crystalline layers in the horny layers of conchiolin, so that the lining of the shell is built of approximately parallel layers of mineral and of animal substance. A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public
  • The more superficial layers of cells, called the horny layer (stratum corneum), may be separated by maceration from a deeper stratum, which is called the stratum mucosum, and which consists of several layers of differently shaped cells. X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 2. The Common Integument
  • It may be that an accumulation of minor abrasions of the horny layer of skin is a necessary precondition for the onset of the disease.
  • SOFINA's researchers find out the intercellular lipid, the moist ingredient existing in the horny layer.
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