FromNew Latindermis, fromAncient Greekδέρμα(dérma,“skin, hide”), fromδέρω(dérō,“to skin, to flay”).

• (UK)IPA^(key):/ˈdɜː.mɪs/

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• (US)IPA^(key):/ˈdɝ.mɪs/

dermis (pluraldermidesordermises)

1. (anatomy) Thetissue of theskin underlying theepidermis.

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

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

• dimers,mireds

Back-formation fromepidermis.

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

dermis f (invariable)

1. (anatomy)dermis

   Synonym:derma

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

Back-formation fromepidermis.

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

dermis f (pluraldermis)

1. (anatomy)dermis

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