-derm

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-derm

suff.

Skin; covering: blastoderm.

[From Greek derma, skin (possibly influenced by French -derme); see der- in Indo-European roots.]

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-derm

n combining form

(Biology) indicating skin: endoderm.

[via French from Greek derma skin]

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derm-

var. of dermato- before a vowel: dermabrasion.

-derm

a combining form meaning “skin, layer of tissue” (blastoderm; ectoderm) or “one having skin” of the kind specified (pachyderm).