dermal

[dur-muh l]

adjective

of or relating to the skin.

Also dermic.

Origin of dermal

First recorded in 1795–1805; derm(a)¹ + -al¹

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Examples from the Web for dermal

Historical Examples of dermal

The skin is in most forms at any rate unprovided with dermal scutes.
The Vertebrate Skeleton
Sidney H. Reynolds
That is what they call the dermal nitrate test, I believe is the correct name that they give it.
Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15)
The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Dermal structures that undergo ontogenetic change are of little importance in comparing a juvenile with a large adult.
The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacn, Mxico
William E. Duellman
The copious secretion of the dermal glands is of especially glutinous quality in Gastrophryne.
Field Study of Kansas Ant-Eating Frog
Henry S. Fitch
A bloated toad, studded with dermal excrescences, was boasting that she was the wartiest creature alive.
Cobwebs From an Empty Skull
Ambrose Bierce (AKA: Dod Grile)

British Dictionary definitions for dermal

dermal

adjective

of or relating to the skin

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Word Origin and History for dermal

adj.

1803; see derm + -al (1). A native formation, the Greek adjective would be dermatikos, yielding *dermatic.

dermal in Medicine