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Meaning of DERM

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \-derm\ [See {Derm}, n.]
    A suffix or terminal formative, much used in anatomical
    terms, and signifying skin, integument, covering; as,
    blastoderm, ectoderm, etc.
    
  2. \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}.
    
 
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