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What does dermis mean?

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Noun
  1. (anatomy) The tissue of the skin underlying the epidermis.
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The dermal-epidermal junction, papillary dermis, and reticular dermis were assessed separately.
The thicker or inner layer of the dermis contains blood vessels, hair follicles, nerve endings, sweat and sebaceous glands.
The reactive epithelium may extend into the superficial reticular dermis, simulating a carcinoma.
Mitotic figures are variably present, and tumor aggregates may extend into the reticular dermis or even subcutaneous fat.
Surprisingly, rehydration of the dermis is not about glugging litres of mineral water.
The skin of D. holocanthus is highly elastic because of microfolds in the epidermis and collagen fibers of the dermis.

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