dermis

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɜː.mɪs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɝ.mɪs/

Noun

dermis (plural dermides or dermises)

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

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• dermatitis
• dermatoglyphics
• dermatology
• dermic
• dermal
• endodermis
• epidermis
• hypodermis
• mesoderm
• subdermis

Translations

skin layer underlying epidermis

• Arabic: أَدَمة (ʔadama)
• Bulgarian: дермис m (dermis)
• Catalan: derma (ca) m, dermis (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 真皮 (zh) (zhēnpí)

• Czech: škára (cs) f
• Finnish: verinahka (fi)
• French: derme (fr) m
• German: Dermis f, Lederhaut (de) f
• Greek: χόριον (el) n (chórion)
• Hungarian: irha (hu)
• Ido: dermo (io)
• Irish: deirm f
• Italian: derma (it) m
• Maori: kiriwai
• Portuguese: derme (pt) f
• Romanian: dermă (ro) f
• Spanish: dermis (es) f
• Swedish: läderhud (sv) c, dermis (sv)
• Thai: หนังแท้ (nǎng-tɛ́ɛ)
• Vietnamese: hạ bì (vi)

See also

• pustule
• skin

Further reading

• “dermis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “dermis”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “dermis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• dimers, mireds

Catalan

Etymology

Back-formation from epidermis.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

dermis f (invariable)

1. (anatomy) dermis

   Synonym: derma

Further reading

• “dermis” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “dermis”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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.

Spanish

Etymology

Back-formation from epidermis.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

dermis f (plural dermis)

1. (anatomy) dermis

Further reading

• “dermis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014