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hypoderm

hypoderm is the alternative form of hypodermis.

Meaning of hypodermis

Noun

hypodermis (plural hypodermes or hypodermises)

  1. An epidermal layer of cells that secretes an overlying chitinous cuticle, as in arthropods.
  2. A layer of cells lying immediately below the epidermis.
  3. A subcutaneous layer of loose connective tissue containing fat cells, lying beneath the dermis.

Forms of hypoderm

pluralhypoderms

Origin of hypoderm

From hypo- + -derm.

Questions about hypoderm

What is hypoderm the alternative form of?
Hypoderm is the alternative form of hypodermis.

Words near hypoderm in the dictionary

  1. hypodeacon
  2. hypodeacons
  3. hypodense
  4. hypodensities
  5. hypodensity
  6. hypoderm
  7. hypoderma
  8. hypodermal
  9. hypodermally
  10. hypodermata
  11. hypodermatic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hypoderm (page history and authors); hypodermis (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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