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dermis(dictionary)
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dermis (iou)



dermis noun. M19.
[mod. Latin, after EPIDERMIS.]
Anatomy. The skin; spec. the layer of leathery collagenous tissue, sometimes referred to as the 'true skin', which lies beneath the epidermis and forms the bulk of the thickness of the skin.