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dermis
1[ dur-mis ]
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.
-dermis
2- a combining form meaning “skin,†“layer of tissue,†used in the formation of compound words:
exodermis; gastrodermis.
dermis
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noun
- another name for corium
dermis
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- 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.
Derived Forms
- ˈ»å±ð°ù³¾¾±³¦, adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of dermis1
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Example Sentences
In argyria, silver ions circulate through the bloodstream and become embedded in the dermis, a layer beneath the surface where the body cannot easily clear them.
They achieved both the hypodermis and dermis layers, with the epidermis forming within two weeks by itself.
As the skin undergoes photoaging, type I collagen bundles, which are found in the dermis beneath the top layer of the skin and provide strength and support to skin, become fragmented.
Multi-layered full thickness skin was created which contained all three layers present in normal human tissue: epidermis, dermis, and hypodermis.
“My skin is exposed and can burn in the sunlight because I don’t have that outer dermis,†he said.
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