STRATUM LUCIDUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stratum lucidum mean? 

• STRATUM LUCIDUM (noun)
  The noun STRATUM LUCIDUM has 1 sense:

1. the layer of epidermis immediately under the stratum corneum in the skin of the palms and soles

  Familiarity information: STRATUM LUCIDUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRATUM LUCIDUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The layer of epidermis immediately under the stratum corneum in the skin of the palms and soles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("stratum lucidum" 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 lucidum" is a part of...):

cuticle; epidermis (the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates)