-derm Definition

dʉrm
suffix
Skin; covering.
Blastoderm.
American Heritage
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Webster's New World
Skin or covering.
Blastoderm, endoderm.
Webster's New World
prefix
Alternative form of dermo-.
Wiktionary
noun

(South Africa vulgar slang, usually in the plural, derms) Guts.

What are you going to do with the fish derms?
I saw an accident and a girl was lying on the pavement and her derms were all hanging out.
Wiktionary

(slang) A dermatologist.

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(anatomy) The integument of animal; the skin.

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Alternative form of dermis.

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Other Word Forms of -derm

Noun

Singular:
-derm
Plural:
derms

Origin of -derm

  • From Greek derma skin (possibly influenced by French -derme) der- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Dutch darm (“intestine") through Afrikaans derm (“intestine")

    From Wiktionary

  • Ancient Greek δέρμα (derma, “skin").

    From Wiktionary

  • see derma

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

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