basal layer of epidermis
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basal cell — n one of the innermost cells of the deeper epidermis of the skin * * * a type of keratinocyte found in the basal layer of the epidermis … Medical dictionary
Epidermis — The upper or outer layer of the two main layers of cells that make up the skin. The epidermis is mostly made up of flat, scale like cells called squamous cells. Under the squamous cells are round cells called basal cells. The deepest part of the… … Medical dictionary
epidermis — epidermal, epidermic, adj. epidermically, adv. /ep i derr mis/, n. 1. Anat. the outer, nonvascular, nonsensitive layer of the skin, covering the true skin or corium. 2. Zool. the outermost living layer of an animal, usually composed of one or… … Universalium
Basal cell carcinoma — Infobox Disease Name = Basal cell carcinoma Caption = DiseasesDB = 1264 ICD10 = ICD9 = ICD9|173 ICDO = 8090/3 8093/3 OMIM = 605462 MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 214 MeshID = D002280 Basal cell carcinoma is a type of skin… … Wikipedia
Epidermis (skin) — [ thumb|300px|Optical coherence tomography tomogram of fingertip, depicting stratum corneum ( 500µm thick) with stratum disjunctum on top and stratum lucidum (connection to stratum spinosum) in the middle. At the bottom superficial parts of the… … Wikipedia
stratum basale of epidermis — basal layer of epidermis: the deepest stratum of the epidermis, beneath the stratum spinosum, composed of a single layer of deeply basophilic cells. See figure at epidermis and see also s. germinativum … Medical dictionary
Basal-cell carcinoma — Classification and external resources A basal cell carcinoma ICD 10 C44 (ILDS C44.L21) ICD 9 … Wikipedia
basal cell — n. a cell of the basal, or deepest, layer of the epidermis … English World dictionary
layer — A sheet of one substance lying on another and distinguished from it by a difference in texture or color or by not being continuous with it. SEE ALSO: stratum, lamina. SYN: panniculus. ameloblastic l. the internal l. of the enamel organ. SYN: enam … Medical dictionary
basal cell — n. (Pathology) small and round cell at the base of the epidermis, cell found in the deepest layer of the epidermis, basilar cell … English contemporary dictionary
