SKIN CELL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does skin cell mean? 

• SKIN CELL (noun)
  The noun SKIN CELL has 1 sense:

1. any of the cells making up the skin

  Familiarity information: SKIN CELL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SKIN CELL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of the cells making up the skin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("skin cell" is a kind of...):

somatic cell; vegetative cell (any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "skin cell"):

epidermal cell (any of the cells making up the epidermis)

prickle cell (a cell in the germinal layer of the skin (the prickle-cell layer); has many spines and radiating processes)

Holonyms ("skin cell" is a part of...):

cutis; skin; tegument (a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch)

 Context examples 

The researchers created neurons from the skin cells of Alzheimer's disease patients that have two copies of the apoE4 gene, and of healthy individuals that have two copies of the apoE3 gene.

(Alzheimer's Disease Gene Successfully Removed From Human Brain, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The researchers exposed induced pluripotent stem cells – skin cells that have been reprogrammed to return to their original, ‘master’ state – to 79 known or suspected environmental carcinogens.

(‘Fingerprint database’ could help scientists to identify new cancer culprits, University of Cambridge)

These proteins help keep skin cells attached and the skin and mucous membranes intact.

(Approach targets autoimmunity, NIH)

Skin cancer that forms in the lower part of the epidermis (the outer layer of the skin) or in squamous cells, but not in melanocytes (skin cells that make pigment).

(Nonmelanoma skin cancer, NCI Dictionary)

CsA is used to treat psoriasis, a disease involving abnormal proliferation of skin cells.

(Calcineurin Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have uncovered a specialised population of skin cells that coordinate tail regeneration in frogs.

(Scientists find new type of cell that helps tadpoles’ tails regenerate, University of Cambridge)

Melanin gives skin, hair, and eyes their color and protects skin cells from UVR.

(New regions of the human genome linked to skin color variation in some African populations, National Institutes of Health)

These clays demonstrated a unique ability to kill bacteria while promoting skin cell growth.

(New answer to MRSA, other 'superbug' infections: clay minerals?, NSF)

A chemical solution is put on the skin to dissolve the top layers of skin cells.

(Chemabrasion, NCI Dictionary)

The researchers converted skin cells into dopamine neurons.

(Molecule may impact Gaucher, Parkinson’s disease, NIH)