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n. The sensitive connective tissue layer of the skin located below the epidermis, containing nerve endings, sweat and sebaceous glands, and blood and lymph vessels. Also called corium, cutis, derma1.

n. The tissue of the skin underlying the epidermis.

n. The deep sensitive layer of the skin beneath the scarfskin or epidermis; -- called also true skin, derm, derma, corium, cutis, and enderon. See skin, and Illust. in Appendix.

n. Same as derma.

n. the deep vascular inner layer of the skin

"This layer, called the dermis, is so rich in a certain type of immune cell that the new shot uses a lower dose of the same vaccine that's in regular flu shots."

stratum   

pustule    skin   

true skin    derm    derma    corium    cutis    enderon    skin   

hypodermis    epidermis    dermic    dermatitis    dermal    mesoderm    dermatoglyphics    dermatology   

derm    derma    cutis vera    cutis    corium   

epidermis    thermos   

cutis    ectoderm    rose-hued    diastole    bedframe    fog bank    pleura    merchantability    aristiri    crossbeam