dermis
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"The collagen will just sit on the outer layer of your skin, it won't reach the dermis - which is the middle layer."
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2025
In argyria, silver ions circulate through the bloodstream and become embedded in the dermis, a layer beneath the surface where the body cannot easily clear them.
From Salon ● Jan. 20, 2025
As the skin undergoes photoaging, type I collagen bundles, which are found in the dermis beneath the top layer of the skin and provide strength and support to skin, become fragmented.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 14, 2024
Multi-layered full thickness skin was created which contained all three layers present in normal human tissue: epidermis, dermis, and hypodermis.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2023
THE KERATOGENOUS, OR HORN-PRODUCING MEMBRANE, is in reality an extension of the dermis of the digit.
From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Harry Caulton Reeks
Vocabulary lists containing dermis
Human Anatomy and Physiology - High School
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Human Anatomy and Physiology - Middle School
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