dermis
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- noun
- /ˈdɜrmɪs/
- Specialized
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dermis
- Stimulate collagen growth and remodel your dermis from the inside out.
- acellular dermis
- papillary dermis
- superficial dermis
Stimulate collagen growth and remodel your dermis from the inside out.
- Stimulate collagen growth and remodel your dermis from the inside out.
- So when I say epidermis, that means the skin, which is the layer above the dermis.
- They can gauge with like these depth sensors, like the correct depth of the dermis to go in so that the ink doesn't spread out and fade over time.
- It thins blood vessel walls as a mechanism of of its effects on the dermis.
- But what it's doing is the the red is great for the skin, OK, hypodermis, dermis hypodermis.
Examples
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The lesions usually appear as firm, solitary, slowly growing, painless tumors of the dermis.
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A second-degree burn affects the dermis, the more sensitive inner layer of skin.
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Mast cells occur in great numbers in the dermis of dialysis patients.
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Hyaluronic acid is an integral part of the natural extracellular matrix of the dermis.
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Skin is composed of two principal layers, the epidermis and the dermis, joined by a distinct structure, the dermal-epidermal junction.
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Cells within the dermis include fibroblasts, macrophages, mast cells, and leukocytes.
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Port wine stains of the skin are combined capillary and venous malformations involving the dermis.
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The classic histologic finding of pseudoxanthoma elasticum is fragmentation of elastic fibers in the dermis.
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UVB rays, which reach just your dermis, cause sunburns.
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Different tissues of the body wall, including the dermis, have been examined for medical research.
Synonyms
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The inner layer of the skin beneath the outer layer that has blood vessels and gives strength and flexibility
The inner layer of the skin with blood vessels and nerves
How Deep
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dermis comes from the Greek word derma, which means 'skin', and the same root is in dermatologist and epidermis where epi- means 'on'. So dermis is the 'skin' layer just under the surface, which matches its modern meaning as the thick inner layer with blood vessels, nerves, and glands.