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dermal

[ dur-muhl ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to the skin.


dermal

/ ˈdɜːməl /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the skin
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


dermal

/ dûrməl /

  1. Relating to or involving the skin.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of dermal1

First recorded in 1795–1805; derm(a) 1 + -al 1
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Example Sentences

In a recent paper in Matter, Takeuchi and his colleagues outline a new method in which a rigid robotic finger is submerged in a collagen hydrogel that contained human dermal fibroblasts, the main cell type found in the connective tissue of skin.

A faint dermal ridge from posterior edge of eyelid to rump, or part way to rump.

Dermal structures that undergo ontogenetic change are of little importance in comparing a juvenile with a large adult.

The copious secretion of the dermal glands is of especially glutinous quality in Gastrophryne.

In amplexus the members of a pair sometimes become glued together by their viscous dermal secretions.

The tail is asymmetrical (heterocercal), and numerous placoid scales (dermal denticles) are embedded in the skin.

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