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a. 1. Relating to the derm or skin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) Pertaining to the dermis; dermal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Underneath each nail the deep or dermic layer of the integument is peculiarly modified. Huxley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dermic remedies (Med.), such as act through the skin. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Derm. ] (Anat.) The deep sensitive layer of the skin beneath the scarfskin or epidermis; -- called also true skin, derm, derma, corium, cutis, and enderon. See Skin, and Illust. in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Biol.) Of or relating to the ectoderm. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; in + &unr_; skin. ] (Med.) Acting through the skin, or by direct application to the skin. [ 1913 Webster ]

Endermic method, that in which the medicine enters the system through the skin, being applied either to the sound skin, or to the surface denuded of the cuticle by a blister. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By the endermic method; as, applied endermically. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to the endoderm. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Endoderm. ] (Bot.) A layer of cells forming a kind of cuticle inside of the proper cortical layer, or surrounding an individual fibrovascular bundle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. en- (Gr. &unr_;) + epidermic. ] (Med.) Applied to the skin without friction; -- said of medicines.

{ } a. (Biol.) Relating to the entoderm. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. épidermique. ] Epidermal; connected with the skin or the bark. [ 1913 Webster ]

Epidermic administration of medicine (Med.), the application of medicine to the skin by friction. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Epidermal. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Epidermal. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; over + &unr_; skin, fr. &unr_; to skin. See Tear, v. t. ] 1. (Anat.) The outer, nonsensitive layer of the skin; cuticle; scarfskin. See Dermis. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) The outermost layer of the cells, which covers both surfaces of leaves, and also the surface of stems, when they are first formed. As stems grow old this layer is lost, and never replaced. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Relating to homodermy; originating from the same germ layer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Hypoderma. ] Of or pertaining to the parts under the skin. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hypodermic medication, the application of remedies under the epidermis, usually by means of a small syringe, called the hypodermic syringe.

-- Hyp`o*der"mic*al*ly adv. [1913 Webster]

n. A hypodermic needle{ 2 }. [ PJC ]

n. 1. A small slender hollow metallic tube, sharp-pointed at one end and fitted at the other end with an adapter of larger internal diameter, designed for introduction of liquids directly into the bloodstream or other parts of the body of an animal. [ PJC ]

2. a hypodermic needle{ 1 } together with an attached syringe. [ PJC ]

n. a small syringe designed for use together with a hypodermic needle{ 1 } for injection of liquids directly under the skin, or into other parts of the body of an animal. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ NL. See Hypo-, and Derma. ] 1. (Biol.) Same as Hypoblast. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Same as Hypoderma, 2.

adj. same as intradermal.
Syn. -- intradermal, intracutaneous. [ PJC ]

n. A kind of ingrain carpeting, named from the English town where formerly most of it was manufactured. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Mesodermal. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'o`strakon shell of a testacean + &unr_; skin. ] (Zool.) A suborder of fishes of which Ostracion is the type. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) Same as pachyderma.
Syn. -- pachydermatosis, pachyderma, nevoid elephantiasis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ From Panderma, a port on the Black Sea from which it is exported. ] (Min.) A hydrous borate of lime, near priceite. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. pla`x, plako`s, a tablet + de`rma skin. ] (Paleon.) An extinct group of fishes, supposed to be ganoids. The body and head were covered with large bony plates. See Illust. under Pterichthys, and Coccosteus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A mill in which gunpowder is made. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) (a) The hard integument of Crustacea. (b) Sclerenchyma. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } (Zool.) (a) Having the integument, or skin, hard, or covered with hard plates. (b) Of or pertaining to the Sclerodermata. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the genus Stenoderma, which includes several West Indian and South American nose-leaf bats. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. taxidermique. ] Of or pertaining to the art of preparing and preserving the skins of animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person skilled in taxidermy. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To excavate the earth beneath, or the part of, especially for the purpose of causing to fall or be overthrown; to form a mine under; to sap; as, to undermine a wall. [ 1913 Webster ]

A vast rock undermined from one end to the other, and a highway running through it. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: To remove the foundation or support of by clandestine means; to ruin in an underhand way; as, to undermine reputation; to undermine the constitution of the state. [ 1913 Webster ]

He should be warned who are like to undermine him. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who undermines. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To serve, or minister to, in a subordinate relation. [ Obs. ] Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A subordinate or inferior ministry. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]