Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In anatomy, dermal; enderonic; of or pertaining to the dermis: a˙s, the dermic layer of the skin.
- In medicine, cutaneous; pertaining to the skin: as, a dermic disease.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Relating to the derm or skin.
- adjective (Anat.) Pertaining to the dermis; dermal.
- adjective (Med.) such as act through the skin.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective anatomy Of or relating to the
dermis orskin .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to or located in the dermis
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Examples
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Then, about half an hour after while I was lying a bit sleepy on the bed, a woman nurse came in, a real nice young devotchka with real horrorshow groodies (I had not seen such for two years) and she had a tray and a hypo - dermic.
Where's the show? John Myles Aavedal 2010
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Those two were unplattied and smecking fit to crack in no time at all, and they thought it the bolshiest fun to viddy old Uncle Alex standing there all nagoy and pan-handled, squirting the hypo - dermic like some bare doctor, then giving myself the old jab of growling jungle-cat secretion in the rooker.
Where's the show? John Myles Aavedal 2010
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Only when Cardenas was certain the device was utterly defunct did he draw back his foot, and only then did the dermic, nearly as long as his hand when fully extended, cease trying to impale him.
The Mocking Program Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2002
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Like the stinger of a dying wasp, the dermic stabbed wildly, seeking flesh to penetrate.
The Mocking Program Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2002
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The extendable pressure dermic that occupied the place where a bird's tongue would be just missed making contact with his exploring fingers.
The Mocking Program Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2002
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A glance was sufficient to allow Cardenas to spot the fully extended dermic that was aimed right at him.
The Mocking Program Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2002
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The hair follicle consists of two coatsan outer or dermic, and an inner or epidermic.
X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 2. The Common Integument 1918
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At the bottom of each hair follicle is a small conical, vascular eminence or papilla, similar in every respect to those found upon the surface of the skin; it is continuous with the dermic layer of the follicle, and is supplied with nerve fibrils.
X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 2. The Common Integument 1918
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The outer or dermic coat is formed mainly of fibrous tissue; it is continuous with the corium, is highly vascular, and supplied by numerous minute nervous filaments.
X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 2. The Common Integument 1918
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At the dermic level, it improves extra-cellular interstitial fluidity taking to a faster and easier elimination of the residual metabolites.
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