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true skin

Dermis \Der"mis\, n. [NL. See Derm.] (Anat.) The deep sensitive layer of the skin beneath the scarfskin or epidermis; -- called also true skin, derm, derma, corium, cutis, and enderon. See Skin, and Illust. in Appendix. [1913 Webster] ||

Usage examples of "true skin".

She was dressed in a long red cloak much like the one Lozan himself had briefly worn, only of some sheer, nearly transparent material through which the amber skin of her body glowed with a soft warmth that made Lozan feel he had never before seen true skin.

He had no true skin, and the body cells overlying the cut on his host's arm were unprotected from the dehydrating action of the alcohol.

Dense-packed silver OCtattoos flickered over her face and hands, as if they were her true skin emerging into the light.

Next she smoothed the makeup on her cheek to hide her true skin color.

The condition of the outer skin - what looks like human skin over their own true skin - and the other damage done by the illness don't lead me to think anyone could live for more than a few days once the sickness takes hold.

The skin around both of his sockets, the only part of his true skin that was visible because of the ooglith cloaker and the star-shaped breather, was heavily tattooed.

Her flesh, the disguise that had made her appear so human, was gone now, stripped away, leaving behind only the unblemished silver sheath that was her true skin, reflecting every spark of energy.

The skin was grayish green in the odd light, but Janeway didn't know whether that was the alien's true skin color or if death had changed it.