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-derm

 
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var. of -dermatous, usually with nouns (melanoderm; pachyderm), or var. of -dermis (blastoderm; ectoderm; mesoderm).
Origin:
prob. < F -derme (< Gk -dermos -skinned, adj. deriv. of dérma skin; or < -dermis -dermis ); or directly < Gk -dermos
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-derm  
suff.  Skin; covering: blastoderm.

[From Greek derma, skin (possibly influenced by French -derme); see der- in Indo-European roots.]
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-derm suff.
Skin; covering: blastoderm.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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