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289 words match “DERM”

EPIDERMAL a.
Of or pertaining to the epidermis; epidermic; cuticular.
EPIDERMATIC a.
Epidermal. [R.]
EPIDERMATOID a.
Epidermoid. Owen.
EPIDERMEOUS a.
Epidermal. [R.]
EPIDERMIC a.
Epidermal; connected with the skin or the bark. Epidermic administration of medicine (Med.), the application of medicine to the skin by friction.
EPIDERMICAL a.
Epidermal. [R.]
EPIDERMIDAL a.
Epidermal. [R.]
EPIDERMIS n. 2 definitions
The outer, nonsensitive layer of the skin; cuticle; scarfskin. See Dermis.
EPIDERMOID a.
Like epidermis; pertaining to the epidermis.
EPIDERMOSE n.
Keratin.
FLINDERMOUSE n.
A bat; a flittermouse.
HINDERMOST; HINDMOST a.
Furthest in or toward the rear; last. "Rachel and Joseph hindermost." Gen. xxxiii. 2.
HOMODERMIC a.
Relating to homodermy; originating from the same germ layer.
HOMODERMY n.
Homology of the germinal layers.
HYPODERM n.
Same as Hypoblast.
HYPODERMA n. 2 definitions
A layer of tissue beneath the epidermis in plants, and performing the physiological function of strengthening the epidermal tissue. In phanerogamous plants it is developed as collenchyma.
HYPODERMATIC a.
Hypodermic. -- Hyp`o*der*mat"ic*al*ly, adv.
HYPODERMIC a.
Of or pertaining to the parts under the skin. Hypodermic medication, the application of remedies under the epidermis, usually by means of a small syringe, called the hypodermic syringe. -- Hyp`o*der"mic*al*ly, adv.
HYPODERMIS n. 2 definitions
Same as Hypoderma, 2.
KIDDERMINSTER n.
A kind of ingrain carpeting, named from the English town where formerly most of it was manufactured.
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