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hypoderma


1. <botany> A layer of tissue beneath the epidermis in plants, and performing the physiological function of strengthening the epidermal tissue. In phanerogamous plants it is developed as collenchyma.

2. <zoology> An inner cellular layer which lies beneath the chitinous cuticle of arthropods, annelids, and some other invertebrates.

See: hypo, derma.

Origin: Gr. Derma = skin