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malpighian layer
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun malpighian layer has 1 sense
- malpighian layer(n = noun.body) rete malpighii, stratum basale, stratum germinativum - the innermost layer of the epidermis; Array is a part of cuticle, epidermis
is a kind of stratum
OXFORD DICTIONARY
malpighian layer, n. a layer of proliferating cells in the epidermis.
Etymology
M. Malpighi, It. physician d. 1694
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