derm

See also: -derm and derm-

English

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  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)m

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma, “skin”). Doublet of derma.

Noun

derm

  1. (anatomy) The integument of animal; the skin.
  2. Synonym of dermis.

Noun

derm (plural derms)

  1. (slang) Clipping of dermatologist.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Afrikaans derm (“intestine”), related to Dutch darm (“intestine”). Doublet of tharm.

Noun

derm (plural derms)

  1. (South Africa, slang, usually in the plural) Guts, entrails.
    What are you going to do with the fish derms?
    I saw an accident and a girl was lying on the pavement and her derms were all hanging out.

References
  • 1978: A Dictionary of South African English. Ed. Jean Branford. Oxford University Press.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “derm”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Noun

derm (plural derms)

  1. intestine, gut; e.g. in anatomy, the term "slukderm" (literally "swallowing gut") is a technically established term for "oesophagus".
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