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delicacy of a fiber or a thread; delicacy of a hand or of the human form; delicacy of the skin; delicacy of frame.

Soft and fair; -- said of the skin or a surface; as, a delicate cheek; a delicate complexion.

The act of demanding; an asking with authority; a peremptory urging of a claim; a claiming or challenging as due; requisition; as, the demand of a creditor; a note payable on demand. The demand [is] by the word of the holy ones. Dan. iv. 17. He that has confidence to turn his wishes into demands will be but a little wa…

ce; trust. Affectionate dependence on the Creator is the spiritual life of the soul. T. Erskine.

A suffix or terminal formative, much used in anatomical terms, and signifying skin, integument, covering; as, blastoderm, ectoderm, etc.

The integument of animal; the skin.

Pertaining to the integument or skin of animals; dermic; as, the dermal secretions.

Of or pertaining to the skin.

Inflammation of the skin.

An anatomical description of, or treatise on, the skin.

One who discourses on the skin and its diseases; one versed in dermatology.

The science which treats of the skin, its structure, functions, and diseases.

Of or pertaining to skin diseases, or their cure.

A vegetable parasite, infesting the skin.

cts, the larvæ of which feed animal substances. They are very destructive to dries meats, skins, woolens, and furs. The most common species is D. lardarius, known as the bacon beetle.

Relating to the derm or skin.

The deep sensitive layer of the skin beneath the scarfskin or epidermis; -- called also true skin, derm, derma, corium, cutis, and enderon. See Skin, and Illust. in Appendix.

Having the skin modified to serve as a gill.

Same as Dermatoid. Dermoid cyst (Med.), a cyst containing skin, or structures connected with skin, such as hair.

A group of lemuroid mammals having a parachutelike web of skin between the fore and hind legs, of which the colugo (Galeopithecus) is the type. See Colugo.