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Skin

Medical Definition: The outer covering of the body that protects it from the environment. It is composed of the DERMIS and the EPIDERMIS.
Guide Notes: for animal tissue in wound ther see note on BIOLOGICAL DRESSINGS; inflammation = DERMATITIS & its specifics; dryness of skin: index under SKIN DISEASES & do not interpret as XERODERMA see ICHTHYOSIS without clues from text
Skin Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Dermis - A layer of vascularized connective tissue underneath the EPIDERMIS. The surface of the dermis contains innervated papillae. Embedded in or beneath the dermis are SWEAT GLANDS; HAIR FOLLICLES; and SEBACEOUS GLANDS.

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