derma

noun

1. Anatomy, Zoology. dermis.

noun

1. beef or fowl intestine used as a casing in preparing certain savory dishes, especially kishke.
2. kishke.

1. a combining form of derma¹, used especially in the names of disorders of the skin: scleroderma; xeroderma.

noun

1. another name for corium Also: derm (dɜːm)

noun

1. beef or fowl intestine used as a casing for certain dishes, esp kishke

n.

“skin beneath the epidermis,” 1706, from Modern Latin derma, from Greek derma (genitive dermatos) “skin,” from PIE root *der- “to split, peel, flay” (see tear (v.)).

n.

1. dermis

suff.

1. Skin; skin disease:scleroderma.