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STRATUM BASALE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The innermost layer of the epidermis
Synonyms:
malpighian layer; rete Malpighii; stratum basale; stratum germinativum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("stratum basale" is a kind of...):
stratum (one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock))
Holonyms ("stratum basale" is a part of...):
cuticle; epidermis (the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates)