dermis
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Dermis
is always a great word to know.
So is integumentary. Does it mean:
| outer protective layer or covering of an animal, such as skin or a cuticle |
| laquelike site on a cell surface that functions in maintaining cohesion with an adjacent cell |
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World English Dictionary
dermis (ˈdɜːmɪs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| another name for corium | |
| [C19: New Latin, from | |
| 'dermic | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
dermis
1830, from Mod.L., from Gk. derma "skin."
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
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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American Heritage
Science Dictionary
| dermis (dûr'mĭs) Pronunciation Key
The innermost layer of the skin in vertebrate animals. The dermis lies under the epidermis and contains nerve endings and blood and lymph vessels. In mammals, the dermis also contains hair follicles and sweat glands. |
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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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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Example sentences
Eventually they reach living cells in the epidermis and dermis, where they meet up with a slew of new chemical partners.
In some extremely severe cases the damage may extend past the dermis to the subcutaneous layer of skin.
These cells multiply and line the channels left by the dermis's original blood vessels.
Invasive cancers have spread from the epidermis into the dermis below.
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