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Definitions of dermis
  1. noun
    the deep vascular inner layer of the skin

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  • hair any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal
  • scale a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin
  • mantle (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell
  • hypodermic relating to or located below the epidermis
  • subcutaneous relating to or located below the epidermis
  • exfoliation a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin
  • dermal of or relating to or located in the dermis
  • scurf a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin
  • corneum the outermost layer of the epidermis consisting of dead cells that slough off
  • elastic tissue connective tissue consisting chiefly of elastic fibers found in the dermis of the skin and in the walls of veins and arteries and in some tendons and ligaments
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