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dermis

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈdɜː.mɪs/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈdɝ.mɪs/
  • CMU ARPABET: D ER1 M AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The tissue of the skin underlying the epidermis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: corium, cutis, cutis vera, derm, derma, true skin

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the deep vascular inner layer of the skin

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: corium, derma

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: stratum

History

Etymology

From New Latin dermis, from Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma, “skin, hide”), from δέρω (dérō, “to skin, to flay”).

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أَدَمة (ʔadama) — skin layer underlying epidermis
  • Bulgarian: дермис (dermis) — skin layer underlying epidermis
  • Catalan: derma — skin layer underlying epidermis
  • Catalan: dermis — skin layer underlying epidermis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 真皮 (zhēnpí) — skin layer underlying epidermis
  • Czech: škára — skin layer underlying epidermis
  • Finnish: verinahka — skin layer underlying epidermis
  • French: derme — skin layer underlying epidermis
  • German: Dermis — skin layer underlying epidermis
  • German: Lederhaut — skin layer underlying epidermis
  • Greek: χόριον (chórion) — skin layer underlying epidermis
  • Hungarian: irha — skin layer underlying epidermis
  • Ido: dermo — skin layer underlying epidermis
  • Irish: deirm — skin layer underlying epidermis
  • Italian: derma — skin layer underlying epidermis
  • Māori: kiriwai — skin layer underlying epidermis
  • Portuguese: derme — skin layer underlying epidermis
  • Romanian: dermă — skin layer underlying epidermis
  • Spanish: dermis — skin layer underlying epidermis
  • Swedish: läderhud — skin layer underlying epidermis
  • Swedish: dermis — skin layer underlying epidermis
  • Thai: หนังแท้ (nǎng-tɛ́ɛ) — skin layer underlying epidermis
  • Vietnamese: hạ bì — skin layer underlying epidermis