‖ derma Anat.
(ˈdɜːmə)
[mod.L.: see prec.]
= prec.
| 1706 in Phillips (ed. Kersey). 1727–51 Chambers Cycl. s.v., The derma consist of two parts; the corpus reticulare, and papillæ pyramidales. 1846 Patterson Zool. 42 The word ‘derma’, a coat or covering. 1875 H. Walton Dis. Eye 137 A little slough or core of mortified cutaneous tissue, a portion of the substance of the derma. |