dermis

From New Latin dermis, from Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma, “skin, hide”), from δέρω (dérō, “to skin, to flay”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɜː.mɪs/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɝ.mɪs/

dermis (plural dermides or dermises)

1. (anatomy) The tissue of the skin underlying the epidermis.

• (tissue): derm, derma, corium, cutis, cutis vera, true skin

• “dermis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “dermis”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “dermis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• dimers, mireds

Back-formation from epidermis.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈdɛr.mis]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈdɛɾ.mis]

dermis f (invariable)

1. (anatomy) dermis

   Synonym: derma

• “dermis”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “dermis”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “dermis” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “dermis” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Back-formation from epidermis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeɾmis/ [ˈd̪eɾ.mis]
• Rhymes: -eɾmis
• Syllabification: der‧mis

dermis f (plural dermis)

1. (anatomy) dermis

• “dermis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024