DERMIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dermis mean? 

• DERMIS (noun)
  The noun DERMIS has 1 sense:

1. the deep vascular inner layer of the skin

  Familiarity information: DERMIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DERMIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The deep vascular inner layer of the skin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

corium; derma; dermis

Hypernyms ("dermis" is a kind of...):

stratum (one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock))

Holonyms ("dermis" is a part of...):

cutis; skin; tegument (a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch)

Derivation:

dermal; dermic (of or relating to or located in the dermis)

 Context examples 

It arises from the dermis and has a multinodular, circumscribed appearance.

(Cylindroma, NCI Thesaurus)

Of or relating to or located in the dermis.

(Dermal, NCI Thesaurus)

Melanocytes are present in excess in the dermis.

(Dermal Melanocytic Hyperplasia of Mouse, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

A myxoma arising from the dermis.

(Cutaneous Myxoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It is composed of fibrous and histiocytic cells which infiltrate the dermis and occasionally the underlying subcutaneous tissue.

(Cutaneous Fibrous Histiocytoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of mole formed by groups of nevus cells found in the epidermis and dermis (the two main layers of tissue that make up the skin).

(Compound nevus, NCI Dictionary)

A benign or malignant neoplasm arising from the dermis.

(Cutaneous Fibrocytic Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A congenital mark on the skin near the base of the spine, consisting of scattered ectopic melanocytes in the dermis, that enlarges for a short time after birth and disappears during childhood.

(Mongolian Spot, NCI Thesaurus)

The cutaneous lesions consist of histiocytes, which are usually confined to the dermis.

(Multicentric Reticulohistiocytosis, NCI Thesaurus)

The dermis is the layer of skin below the epidermis (the outer layer of the skin).

(Papillary-reticular dermal interface, NCI Dictionary)