derma1

[dur-muh] /ˈdɜr mə/
noun
1.
Anatomy, Zoology, dermis.
Origin
1825-35; Neo-Latin < Greek dérma skin, equivalent to dér(ein) to skin + -ma noun suffix

derma2

[dur-muh] /ˈdɜr mə/
noun
1.
beef or fowl intestine used as a casing in preparing certain savory dishes, especially kishke.
2.
Origin
< Yiddish derme, plural of darm intestine < Middle High German; akin to Old English thearm gut

-derma

1.
a combining form of derma1 , used especially in the names of disorders of the skin:
scleroderma; xeroderma.
British Dictionary definitions for derma

derma1

/ˈdɜːmə/
noun
1.
another name for corium Also derm (dɜːm)
Word Origin
C18: New Latin, from Greek: skin, from derein to skin

derma2

/ˈdɜːmə/
noun
1.
beef or fowl intestine used as a casing for certain dishes, esp kishke
Word Origin
from Yiddish derme, plural of darm intestine, from Old High German daram; related to Old English thearm gut, Old Norse tharmr
Word Origin and History for derma
n.

"skin beneath the epidermis," 1706, from Modern Latin derma, from Greek derma (genitive dermatos) "skin," from PIE root *der- "to split, peel, flay" (see tear (v.)).

derma in Medicine

derma der·ma (dûr'mə)
n.
See dermis.

-derma suff.
Skin; skin disease: scleroderma.