dermo-, derm-, derma-, dermato-, dermat-, -derm, -derma, -dermatic, -dermatous, -dermis, -dermal, -dermic, -dermoid, -dermatoid

Denoting a skin graft taken from a member of another species: In medical school, Lynn learned about heterodermic grafts as skin transplants or skin grafts that have been taken from donors from other types or kinds of animals.

Having the skin or integument of uniform structure, as certain serpents.

Derived from, or relating to derivation from, the same primary blastoderm (endoderm, mesoderm, or ectoderm) of the embryo.

1. Subcutaneous injection of a saline or other solution.
2. The injection of nutrient fluids under the skin in the collapse resulting from cholera or other exhausting diseases.

Subcutaneous deposits of calcium. Also: calcinosis cutis.

The taxidermy or stuffing (mounting) of the skins of fishes as zoological specimens or as trophies for those who catch fish to hang up on their walls.

A nevus in which the melanocytes (epidermal cells that give skin its color) are found in nests in the dermis and have no connection with the deeper layers from which they were formed.