dermal
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der·mal
(dûr'məl) 
also der·mic (-mĭk)
adj.
Of or relating to the skin or dermis.
also der·mic (-mĭk)adj.
Of or relating to the skin or dermis.
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Pertaining to the true skin, or corium.
- d. asthenia — called also dermal fragility syndrome; see cutaneous asthenia.
- d. fragility syndrome — see dermal asthenia (above).
- d. melanocytosis — the malignant neoplastic form of melanoma in horses with multiple lesions in the skin and in internal organs; common, and usually fatal, in gray horses and mules.
- d. network — sensory nerves of the dermis.
- d. papillae — fingerlike processes invading the epidermis from the dermis.
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