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derm

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derm

[durm]
noun
a navigational device for making a nearby object conspicuous on a radarscope.

Origin:
d(elayed) e(cho) r(adar) m(arker)

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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derm-

variant of dermato- before a vowel: dermoid.

-derm

variant of -dermatous, usually with nouns (melanoderm; pachyderm), or variant of -dermis (blastoderm; ectoderm; mesoderm).

Origin:
probably < French -derme (< Greek -dermos -skinned, adj. derivative of dérma skin; or < -dermis -dermis); or directly < Greek -dermos
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Word Origin & History

derm
1835, from Gk. derma "skin, hide, leather."
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Medical Dictionary

-derm suff.
Skin; covering: blastoderm.

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