Definitions for derma

derma der·ma

Spelling: [dur-muh]
IPA: /ˈdɜr mə/

Derma is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 88 anagrams from letters in derma (ademr).

Definitions for derma

noun

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

Origin of derma

1825-35; New Latin Greek dérma skin, equivalent to dér(ein) to skin + -ma noun suffix

Examples for derma

In the mucous membranes extravasations of greater or less extent may occur, as in the derma.

It is not only admissible, but preferable, not to wound the derma at all.

Scleroderma is from two Greek words: scleros, hard; derma, skin.

Carlos still slept so profoundly that it was necessary for derma to shake him violently by the arm before he could be aroused.

Because taxidermy uses “derma” (skin) to create a lifelike replica, a preserved creature triggers deep emotions in us.

The true skin, lying beneath the cuticle; also called the derma.

The proximate cause in both of these conditions is congestion of the vascular rete of the derma.

At a later period extravasations of a larger size and more irregular form occur in the deeper layers of the derma.

On its bursting, the blood flowed through the derma or thick skin over a round surface of the diameter of about half an inch.

derma, or Dermis, is the true skin lying under the epidermis (cuticle), which is known in contrast as the scarf-skin.

Word Value for derma
Scrable

8

Words with friends

9

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