derma- or derm- or dermo-pref. Skin: dermal.[From Greek derma, skin; see derma1.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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der·ma 1 (dûr?m?)n. See dermis.[Greek, skin; see der- in Indo-European roots.]der·ma 2 (dûr?m?)n. See kishke.[Possibly Yiddish gederem, intestines, from Middle High German darm, intestine, from Old High German; see ter?- in Indo-European roots.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.derma (?d??m?) n (Zoology) another name for corium Also: derm [C18: New Latin, from Greek: skin, from derein to skin]derma (?d??m?) n (Cookery) beef or fowl intestine used as a casing for certain dishes, esp kishke[from Yiddish derme, plural of darm intestine, from Old High German daram; related to Old English thearm gut, Old Norse tharmr]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014der?mis (?d?r m?s) n. the thick layer of skin beneath the epidermis. [1820?30; extracted from epidermis] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
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-dermasuff. Skin; skin disease: scleroderma.[New Latin, from Greek derma, skin; see der- in Indo-European roots.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.