U.S. researchers say dermal fat cells, known as adipocytes, produce peptides or proteins that shield against invading bacteria.
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Dermal
Synonyms for "dermal" (38 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (11)
Related words (19)
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Synonyms
2 entriesderived
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
derived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
2 entriesTranslations
24 translations across 20 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- جِلْدِيّ adj (of or pertaining to skin)
Belarusian
1 entries- ску́рны adj (of or pertaining to skin)
Bulgarian
1 entries- ко́жен adj (of or pertaining to skin)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- پێستی adj (of or pertaining to skin)
Czech
2 entries- dermální adj (of or pertaining to skin)
- kožní adj (of or pertaining to skin)
Esperanto
1 entries- derma adj (of or pertaining to skin)
Finnish
1 entries- iho adj (of or pertaining to skin)
French
1 entries- dermique adj (of or pertaining to skin)
German
3 entries- Derma adj (of or pertaining to skin)
- Haut adj (of or pertaining to skin)
- dermal adj (of or pertaining to skin)
Ido
1 entries- dermala adj (of or pertaining to skin)
Irish
1 entries- deirmeach adj (of or pertaining to skin)
Italian
1 entries- dermico adj (of or pertaining to skin)
Macedonian
1 entries- кожен adj (of or pertaining to skin)
Polish
1 entries- skórny adj (of or pertaining to skin)
Portuguese
1 entries- dérmico adj (of or pertaining to skin)
Romanian
1 entries- dermic adj (of or pertaining to skin)
Russian
2 entries- дерма́льный adj (of or pertaining to skin)
- ко́жный adj (of or pertaining to skin)
Slovak
1 entries- kožný adj (of or pertaining to skin)
Spanish
1 entries- dérmico adj (of or pertaining to skin)
Ukrainian
1 entries- шкі́рний adj (of or pertaining to skin)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Near-synonyms: epidermal, epidermo-
Source: wiktionary
The dermal muscles in the face are used to form expressions.
Source: wiktionary
Anchors with holes in the heel and toe of the foot are for dermals that are meant to be permanent. As the piercing heals, the tissue attaches to the foot around the holes, anchoring it in.
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