a. Obs. [f. as prec. + -AL.] = prec. Hence Epidermically adv., by the epidermic method; by means of the epidermis; upon the outer skin.
1693. J. Beaumont, On Burnet’s Th. Earth, II. 79. Any Dissolution of such a pitiful Epidermical covering.
1852. Fraser’s Mag., XLVI. 93. To fasten on a fillet of the raw fish epidermically.
1854. Badham, Halieut., 459. By applying it epidermically.
