Definitions for dermoid

dermoid der·moid

Spelling: [dur-moid]
IPA: /ˈdɜr mɔɪd/

Dermoid is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 142 anagrams from letters in dermoid (ddeimor).

Definitions for dermoid

adjective

  1. skinlike; dermatoid.

Origin of dermoid

First recorded in 1810-20; derm- + -oid

Examples for dermoid

Cephaloceles have to be diagnosed from dermoid cysts, nævi (Fig. 199), cephal-hydrocele, and cephal-hæmatoma.

The literature of dermoid cysts is full of accounts of puzzling tumours met with in all sorts of situations.

In consequence of the continuity and similarity of structure, there is close sympathy between the mucous and dermoid membranes.

A sebaceous cyst may reach such dimensions as to simulate a dermoid or thyreo-glossal cyst.

If the external orifice becomes occluded, there results a dermoid cyst.

In the first stage of the disease, the dermoid (skin) tissues make the effort.

A dermoid cyst is formed by an involution of the skin with a growth of hair on the inner wall of the sac.

Word Value for dermoid
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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