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der⋅mis

  [dur-mis]
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–noun
Anatomy, Zoology. the dense inner layer of skin beneath the epidermis, composed of connective tissue, blood and lymph vessels, sweat glands, hair follicles, and an elaborate sensory nerve network.
Also called corium.

Origin:
1820–30; < NL; abstracted from epidermis
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-dermis

 
a combining form meaning “skin,” “layer of tissue,” used in the formation of compound words: exodermis; gastrodermis.
Compare -derm.

Origin:
on the model of epidermis; cf. dermis
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der·mis   (dûr'mĭs)   
n.  The sensitive connective tissue layer of the skin located below the epidermis, containing nerve endings, sweat and sebaceous glands, and blood and lymph vessels. Also called corium, cutis, derma1.

[New Latin, back-formation from Late Latin epidermis, epidermis; see epidermis.]
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Main Entry: der·mis
Pronunciation: 'd&r-m&s
Function: noun
: the sensitive vascular inner mesodermic layer of the skin called alsocorium, cutis, cutis vera, derma
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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dermis der·mis (dûr'mĭs)
n.
The sensitive connective tissue layer of the skin located below the epidermis, containing nerve endings, sweat and sebaceous glands, and blood and lymph vessels. Also called corium, cutis vera, derma1.

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dermis

the thicker, deeper layer of the skin underlying the epidermis and made up of connective tissue. It is present in varying degrees of development among various vertebrate groups, being relatively thin and simple in aquatic animals and progressively thicker and more complex in terrestrial species

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