<hw>De*rive"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>That which is derived; deduction; inference.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<blockquote>I offer these <b>derivements</b> from these subjects. <i>W. Montagu.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Deriver</h1> <Xpage=396>
<hw>De*riv"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who derives.</def>
<h1>Derk</h1> <Xpage=396>
<hw>Derk</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Dark.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Chaucer.</i>
<h1>-derm</h1> <Xpage=396>
<hw>-derm</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[See <er>Derm</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>A suffix or terminal formative, much used in anatomical terms, and signifying <i>skin</i>, <i>integument</i>, <i>covering</i>; <as>as, blasto<ex>derm</ex>, ecto<ex>derm</ex>, etc.</as></def>
<h1>Derm</h1> <Xpage=396>
<hw>Derm</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, skin, fr. <?/ to skin, flay: cf. F. <ets>derme</ets>. See <er>Tear</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety>
<p><b>1.</b> <def>The integument of animal; the skin.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>See <er>Dermis</er>.</def>
<h1>Derma</h1> <Xpage=396>
<hw>Der"ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Derm</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>See <er>Dermis</er>.</def>
<h1>Dermal</h1> <Xpage=396>
<hw>Derm"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Derm</er>.]</ety>
<p><b>1.</b> <def>Pertaining to the integument or skin of animals; dermic; <as>as, the <ex>dermal</ex> secretions</as>.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to the dermis or true skin.</def>
<mhw><h1>Dermaptera, Dermapteran</h1> <Xpage=396>
<hw>Der*map"te*ra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Der*map"ter*an</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></mhw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Dermoptera</er>, <er>Dermopteran</er>.</def>
<h1>Dermatic, Dermatine</h1> <Xpage=396>
<hw><hw>Der*mat"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Der"ma*tine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, fr. <?/ skin.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the skin.</def>
<h1>Dermatitis</h1> <Xpage=396>
<hw>Der`ma*ti"tis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/, <?/, skin + <ets>-itis</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Inflammation of the skin.</def>
<h1>Dermatogen</h1> <Xpage=396>
<hw>Der*mat"o*gen</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, skin + <ets>-gen</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Nascent epidermis, or external cuticle of plants in a forming condition.</def>
<h1>Dermatogen</h1> <Xpage=396>
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