Derive
(De*rive") v. i. To flow; to have origin; to descend; to proceed; to be deduced. Shak.

Power from heaven
Derives, and monarchs rule by gods appointed.
Prior.

Derivement
(De*rive"ment) n. That which is derived; deduction; inference. [Obs.]

I offer these derivements from these subjects.
W. Montagu.

Deriver
(De*riv"er) n. One who derives.

Derk
(Derk) a. Dark. [Obs.] Chaucer.

- derm
(-derm) [See Derm, n.] A suffix or terminal formative, much used in anatomical terms, and signifying skin, integument, covering; as, blastoderm, ectoderm, etc.

Derm
(Derm) n. [Gr. de`rma, -atos, skin, fr. to skin, flay: cf. F. derme. See Tear, v. t.]

1. The integument of animal; the skin.

2. (Anat.) See Dermis.

Derma
(||Der"ma) n. [NL. See Derm.] (Anat.) See Dermis.

Dermal
(Derm"al) a. [From Derm.]

1. Pertaining to the integument or skin of animals; dermic; as, the dermal secretions.

2. (Anat.) Pertaining to the dermis or true skin.

Dermaptera
(||Der*map"te*ra Der*map"ter*an) n. (Zoöl.) See Dermoptera, Dermopteran.

Dermatic
(Der*mat"ic Der"ma*tine) a. Of or pertaining to the skin.

Dermatitis
(Der`ma*ti"tis) n. [NL., fr. Gr. de`rma, -atos, skin + -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the skin.

Dermatogen
(Der*mat"o*gen) n. [Gr. de`rma, -atos, skin + -gen.] (Bot.) Nascent epidermis, or external cuticle of plants in a forming condition.

Dermatogen
(Der*mat"o*gen) n. [Gr. de`rma, -atos, skin + -gen.] (Bot.) Nascent epidermis, or external cuticle of plants in a forming condition.

Dermatography
(Der*ma*tog"ra*phy) n. [Gr. de`rma, -atos, skin + -graphy.] An anatomical description of, or treatise on, the skin.

Dermatoid
(Der"ma*toid) a. [Gr. de`rma, -atos, skin + -oid: cf. F. dermatoïde. Cf. Dermoid.] Resembling skin; skinlike.

Dermatologist
(Der`ma*tol"o*gist) n. One who discourses on the skin and its diseases; one versed in dermatology.

Dermatology
(Der`ma*tol"o*gy) n. [Gr. de`rma, -atos, skin + -logy: cf. F. dermatologie.] The science which treats of the skin, its structure, functions, and diseases.

Dermatopathic
(Der`ma*to*path"ic) a. [Gr. de`rma, -atos, skin + pa`qos suffering.] (Med.) Of or pertaining to skin diseases, or their cure.


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