Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The substance of skin or mucous membrane; the corium, derma, or true skin, and the corresponding deep part of mucous membrane, as distinguished from epidermis or epithelium. See cut under
skin .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) The deep sensitive and vascular layer of the skin and mucous membranes.
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- noun anatomy The deep
sensitive andvascular layer of theskin andmucous membranes .
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek ἐν (en, "in") δέρος (deros) (alternative form of δέρμα (derma, "skin")).
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Examples
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The skin of Vertebrate animals consists of two Layers: an outer layer (the epidermis or ecteron), and an inner layer (the dermis or enderon).
The Common Frog 1874
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