dermal

(dûr'məl) also der·mic (-mĭk)
adj.
Of or relating to the skin or dermis.

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(dûr'məl) or der·mic (-mĭk)
adj.

Of or relating to the skin or dermis.

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.