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Skillet (band)
Skillet is an American Christian rock band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1996 and led since its founding by John Cooper, known for mixing heavy riffs with symphonic and electronic elements.
Skillhouse (ͼUSE)
Skillhouse is a 2025 American satirical horror film written and directed by Josh Stolberg, starring TikTok creators Bryce Hall and Hannah Stocking with 50 Cent and Neal McDonough. Ten influencers are trapped in a content house where likes decide survival; released July 11, 2025 via Fathom Entertainment to largely negative reviews.
Skillshare
Skillshare is an American online learning community founded in New York City in 2011, offering a subscription catalog of thousands of video classes focused mainly on creative skills like illustration, design, and photography.
Skillsoft
Skillsoft is an American corporate learning and skills management company headquartered in Nashua, New Hampshire, selling online training content and the Percipio learning platform to organizations for workforce development.
Skillsville
Skillsville (formerly Mashopolis) is a Twin Cities PBS animated PBS KIDS series, premiered March 3, 2025, in which Cora, Dev, and Rae use avatars in a virtual city game to build executive function, self-regulation, and career skills for ages 4-8.
Skilurus
Skilurus, also rendered Skiluros or Scilurus, was the best-known king of the Hellenized Late Scythian kingdom in Crimea, reigning in the second half of the 2nd century BCE.
Skimmed milk
Skimmed milk (skim milk, nonfat milk): cow's milk with milkfat reduced below 0.5% by centrifugal cream separation, retaining protein and calcium with fewer calories (84 vs 152 per serving) and reduced fat-soluble vitamins; often vitamin A fortified.
Skin
Skin, the body's largest organ (integument), has three layers: epidermis, dermis, and hypodermis. Covers 1.5–2 m², up to 20 kg; keratinocytes form ~90% of the epidermis; barrier, sensory, thermoregulatory, immune, and vitamin D functions.
Skin (2018 feature film)
Skin is Guy Nattiv's 2018 biographical drama about neo-Nazi Bryon Widner, starring Jamie Bell and Danielle Macdonald; premiered at TIFF 2018, released in US theaters July 26, 2019, distinct from Nattiv's Oscar-winning 2018 short of the same name.
Skin (2018 short film)
The 2018 American short film Skin, directed by Guy Nattiv and produced by Jaime Ray Newman, tells the story of a white supremacist family in a gang war.
Skin (musician)
Skin (Deborah Anne Dyer, born 1967) is a British singer, lead vocalist and songwriter of Skunk Anansie (formed 1994), the first black woman to headline Glastonbury (1999), and solo artist behind Fleshwounds (2003).
Skin (video games)
Skin (video games): a cosmetic item changing a character's or weapon's appearance without affecting gameplay. Also called outfits or cosmetics. Originated with Quake 1996 mods; now central to free-to-play monetization, Fortnite and Counter-Strike markets, and skin gambling debates.
Skin biopsy
A skin biopsy is a diagnostic procedure in which a small sample of skin is removed, usually under local anesthesia, and examined microscopically to diagnose skin diseases and systemic conditions with skin manifestations.
Skin cancer
Skin cancer: cancer arising in skin tissues, mainly basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and melanoma. Most common US cancer; UV exposure is the main risk factor; melanoma causes most deaths.
Skin care
Skin care: cleansing, moisturizing, and sun protection practices for skin health. Core routine is gentle cleanser, moisturizer, SPF 30+ sunscreen; moisturizer choice follows skin type; many marketing claims are unregulated.
Skin condition
Skin condition: any disorder altering skin appearance or function; the eczema/dermatitis family, especially atopic dermatitis, a chronic itchy inflammatory condition with barrier disruption, immune dysregulation, and topical treatments.
Skin Decision: Before and After
Skin Decision: Before and After is a 2020 Netflix reality series, one season of eight 40-minute episodes, starring plastic surgeon Dr. Sheila Nazarian and Nurse Jamie, who choose surgical or nonsurgical treatments for clients.
Skin Deep (video game)
Skin Deep is a 2025 first-person immersive sim by Blendo Games and publisher Annapurna Interactive, released April 30, 2025 on Steam and Epic. Insurance commando Nina Pasadena rescues cats from space pirates aboard starships using slapstick, systemic stealth built on the idTech4 engine.
Skin depth
Skin depth is the depth at which an oscillating electromagnetic field or alternating current in a conductor decays to 1/e, about 37 percent, of its surface value.
Skin Diamond
Skin Diamond, stage name of Raylin Joy Christensen (born 1987, Ventura, California), is an American former adult film performer, 2013 XBIZ Best Supporting Actress winner, Showtime 'Submission' actress, and singer now recording as Raylin Joy.
Skin disinfection
Skin disinfection is the application of an antiseptic, usually chlorhexidine, iodine, or alcohol, to a patient's skin before surgery or catheter insertion to lower infection risk.
Skin effect
The skin effect is the tendency of alternating electric current to flow mostly in a conductor's outer layer, growing with frequency and raising the effective AC resistance above its DC resistance.
Skin expansion
Skin expansion is a surgical technique in which an inflatable device implanted under the skin is gradually filled to stretch tissue, generating extra skin for repairs, mainly breast reconstruction.
Skin fibroblast
Skin fibroblast, or dermal fibroblast, is the main connective tissue cell of the dermis, secreting collagen-rich extracellular matrix; heterogeneous papillary and reticular subtypes drive wound healing, scarring, hair follicle formation, and skin aging.
Skin flora
Skin flora (skin microbiome, skin microbiota) is the community of bacteria, fungi, viruses, and mites living on human skin, dominated by Cutibacterium, Corynebacterium, Staphylococcus, and Malassezia, varying by sebaceous, moist, and dry sites and protecting against pathogens.
Skin fragility
Skin fragility: skin that blisters and breaks easily from mild friction or trauma, caused by genetic (epidermolysis bullosa), autoimmune, infectious, drug-induced, or age-related mechanisms; ICD-11 EE40.3.
Skin friction drag
Skin friction drag is the component of aerodynamic or hydrodynamic drag caused by viscous shear stress at a surface, and it depends on surface roughness and the boundary layer.
Skin gambling
Skin gambling: wagering tradable video-game cosmetic items (skins), chiefly Counter-Strike skins, on unlicensed third-party sites. Emerged after Valve's 2013 Arms Deal Update; $7.4 billion market by 2016; linked to youth gambling and legal disputes.
Skin graft failure
Skin graft failure (ICD-11 EL53) is loss of a grafted skin, via necrosis, dehiscence, or rejection. Causes include hematoma, infection, shear; rates 3.6% STSG, higher in full-thickness and lower limb grafts.
Skin grafting
Skin grafting: transfer of autologous skin (split- or full-thickness) to a wound without blood supply; take via plasmatic imbibition, inosculation, maturation; supplemented by substitutes like Integra and Epicel for large burns.