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Noun: dermis  dur-mis
  1. The deep vascular inner layer of the skin
    - corium, derma, derm [archaic]

Derived forms: dermises

Type of: stratum

Part of: cutis, skin, tegument

Encyclopedia: Dermis

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Dermochelyidae
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Dermochelys coriacea
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