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Definition of Dermal

1. Adjective. Of or relating to a cuticle or cuticula.

2. Adjective. Of or relating to or located in the dermis.

3. Adjective. Relating to or existing on or affecting the skin. "A cutaneous infection"

Definition of Dermal

1. a. Pertaining to the integument or skin of animals; dermic; as, the dermal secretions.

Definition of Dermal

1. Adjective. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to skin or integument. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dermal

1. derma [adj] - See also: derma

Medical Definition of Dermal

1. 1. Pertaining to the integument or skin of animals; dermic; as, the dermal secretions. 2. Pertaining to the dermis or true skin. Origin: From Derm. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dermal

deriving derivitization derivitizations derm derm- derma derma- dermabrader dermabraders dermabrasion

dermabrasions dermacentor dermad dermagraphy dermahemia dermal (current term) dermal-fat graft dermal bone dermal duct tumour dermal graft

dermal irritation dermal leishmanoid dermal papillae dermal sinus dermal system dermal tissue dermal tuberculosis dermalaxia dermally dermametropathism

Literary usage of Dermal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain). (1905)
"Arch. dermal. Syph., Wien, 64, 1003, (278). [Fall von Glimmen und Rupia ... Arch. dermal. Syph., Wien, 65, 1003, (387-408). Ober das flüchtige Ueber das ..."

2. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1891)
"determined with certainty, but various spines, bosses, and plates have been found, that clearly pertain to the dermal covering of ..."

3. A Text-book of Physiology: Normal and Pathological. For Students and by Winfield Scott Hall (1905)
"SUMMARY OF THE MORPHOLOGIC FEATURES OF THE dermal SYSTEM THE HISTOGENESIS AND ... Functionally the dermal system is, par excellence, the system of external ..."

4. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1872)
"On some dermal Tubercles associated with Fossil Fish-remains. ... with those teeth-like bodies or dermal tubercles, and to consider the remains of the ..."

5. Outlines of Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates by John Sterling Kingsley (1917)
"THE dermal MUSCLES The muscles already mentioned are connected with the skeleton, but in the higher vertebrates a dermal musculature appears in which the ..."

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