Meaning

adjective of or relating to a cuticle or cuticula

adjective of or relating to or located in the dermis

adjective relating to or existing on or affecting the skin

originEtymology tree English derm Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English dermal From derm + -al. First attested in the early 19th century.

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