noun · rare

derma

derma · dermata · dermas

The inner layer of the skinThe inner layer of the skin.

/ˈdɜː(ɹ)mə/

Meaning

2 senses

The inner layer of the skin.
the deep vascular inner layer of the skin
A Jewish dish of roast or boiled seasoned meat and flour etc. in a casing, especially kishke.

Origin

Learned borrowing from New Latin derma, from Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma, “skin, hide”). Do

Learned borrowing from New Latin derma, from Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma, “skin, hide”). Doublet of derm.

Borrowed from Yiddish דערמע (derme), plural of דאַרם (darm, “intestine”), from Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German darm, from Proto-West Germanic *þarm, from Proto-Germanic *þarmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to bore”).

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