| dermal bone | A bone formed by ossification of the cutis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| dermal duct tumour | A benign small tumour derived from the intradermal part of eccrine sweat gland ducts occurring often on the head and neck. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dermal graft | A graft of dermis, made from skin by cutting away a thin split-thickness graft. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dermal irritation | This is a localised skin reaction resulting from either single or multiple exposure to a physical or chemical agent at the same site. It is characterised by redness and swelling and may be accompanied by local death of skin cells. (09 Oct 1997) |
| dermal leishmanoid | A chronic, progressive, granulomatous, nonulcerating hypopigmented nodular cutaneous outbreak that may appear 6 months to 5 years after spontaneous or drug cure of visceral leishmaniasis (kala azar); this condition was first described in India and is most characteristic of kala azar in that country. Synonym: dermal leishmanoid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dermal papillae | The superficial projections of the dermis (corium) that interdigitate with recesses in the overlying epidermis; they contain vascular loops and specialised nerve endings, and are arranged in ridgelike lines best developed in the hand and foot. Synonym: papillae dermis, papillae corii, papillae of corium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dermal sinus | A sinus lined with epidermis and skin appendages extending from the skin to some deeper-lying structure, most frequently the spinal cord. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dermal system | Dermoid system, the skin and its appendages, the nails and hair. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dermal tissue | <botany> Outer covering of plants, that includes the epidermis and periderm nonliving bark). See: dermis. (18 Nov 1997) |
| dermal tuberculosis | Pathologic lesions of the skin caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Synonym: dermal tuberculosis, tuberculosis cutis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dermal-fat graft | A dermal graft with attached subcutaneous fat. Synonym: adipodermal graft. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dermalaxia | Synonym: cutis laxa. Origin: derm-+ G. Malaxis, softening (05 Mar 2000) |
| dermametropathism | A system that measures the intensity and nature of certain cutaneous disorders by observing the markings made by drawing a blunt instrument across the skin. Origin: derm-+ G. Metron, measure, + pathos, disease (05 Mar 2000) |
| Dermanyssus gallinae | The red hen-mite, a parasite of chickens, pigeons, and other birds; it sometimes attacks humans and causes an itching eruption, especially in sensitised individuals. Synonym: Acarus gallinae. Origin: derm-+ G. Nysso, to prick; L. Gallina, hen (05 Mar 2000) |
| dermapteran | <zoology> See Dermoptera, Dermopteran. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |