What does the word skin mean?
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The membranous covering of the body, cutis, integumentum commune.
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Thin membranous sheet enveloping the body.
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[ Latin] The epithelial and connective-tissue layer investing the entire outer surface of the body. Its epithelial layer or Epidermis( Scarf-s., Cuticle) consists from without inward of( 1) the Corneous layer( Stratum corneum), composed of several layers of flattened, horny cells; ( 2) Stratum lucidum, or Stratum of Oehl, five or six layers of transparent nucleated cells; ( 3) Granular layer( Layer of Langerhans, Stratum granulosum), composed of flattened, granular, nucleated cells; ( 4) Mucous layer( Layer of Malpighi, Stratum mucosum, Rete mucosum, Rete Malpighii), rounded, polygonal, or columnar pigmented cells, the more superficial of which are connected together by processes( prickle cells, forming the Prickle layer). The corium or True s. ( Cutis vera, Derma) is separated from the epidermis by a basement membrane, and consists of connective tissue, which is the superficial( or Papillary layer) is arranged in small prominences( papillae) containing the terminal expansions of the blood-vessels and nerves; and in its deeper layer( Reticular layer) is composed of dense interlacing fibres. The Subcutaneus connective tissue consists of bundles of fibres rising obliquely from the fasciae and the other deeper structures and merging into the corium. It contains vessels, nerves, lymphatics, and usually fat. The Appendages of the s. are the nails; the hairs, which rise from follicles situated mainly in the subcutaneous tissue; muscles( arrectores pili) stretching from the corium to the hair-follicles; sebaceous glands situated in the corium; and sweat-glands in the subcutaneous tissue. The function of the skin is to protect the subjacent parts, to regulate the body-temperature, and to throw off carbon dioxide, water, and other excreta.
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Usage examples for skin
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" I do," said my Lord; and that was the last word that he spoke; for the headsman immediately stepped up, so soon as he was down, and with one blow cut his head all off, except a bit of skin, which he cut through with his knife. – Oddsfish! by Robert Hugh Benson
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Speak of going, and you touch the man, his skin and his bones. – Thoughts on Missions by Sheldon Dibble
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" I'm glad some of it got through his thick skin," said Mr. Manley. – The Loudwater Mystery by Edgar Jepson
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