n.; pl. Aldermen [ AS. aldormon, ealdorman; ealdor an elder + man. See Elder, n. ] 1. A senior or superior; a person of rank or dignity. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The title was applied, among the Anglo-Saxons, to princes, dukes, earls, senators, and presiding magistrates; also to archbishops and bishops, implying superior wisdom or authority. Thus Ethelstan, duke of the East-Anglians, was called Alderman of all England; and there were aldermen of cities, counties, and castles, who had jurisdiction within their respective districts. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One of a board or body of municipal officers next in order to the mayor and having a legislative function. They may, in some cases, individually exercise some magisterial and administrative functions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of an alderman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to, becoming to, or like, an alderman; characteristic of an alderman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Aldermen collectively; the body of aldermen. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being an alderman. [ Jocular ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like or suited to an alderman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or like, an alderman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or like, an alderman. “An aldermanly discretion.” Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The district or ward of an alderman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The office or rank of an alderman. [ R. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The condition, position, or office of an alderman. Fabyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to the blastoderm. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ AS. cildamæsse-dæg; cild child +dæg day. ] (Eccl.) A day (December 28) observed by mass or festival in commemoration of the children slain by Herod at Bethlehem; -- called also Holy Innocent's Day. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Derm. ] (Anat.) See Dermis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus comprising vectors of important diseases of man and animals.
Syn. -- genus Dermacentor. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ From Derm. ] 1. Pertaining to the integument or skin of animals; dermic; as, the dermal secretions. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) Pertaining to the dermis or true skin.

‖/mhw>, n. (Zool.) See Dermoptera, Dermopteran.

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, fr. &unr_; skin. ] Of or pertaining to the skin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. de`rma, -atos, skin + -itis. ] (Med.) Inflammation of the skin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. de`rma, -atos, skin + -gen. ] (Bot.) Nascent epidermis, or external cuticle of plants in a forming condition. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. de`rma, -atos, skin + -gen. ] (Bot.) Nascent epidermis, or external cuticle of plants in a forming condition. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. de`rma, -atos, skin + -graphy. ] An anatomical description of, or treatise on, the skin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. de`rma, -atos, skin + -oid: cf. F. dermatoïde. Cf. Dermoid. ] Resembling skin; skinlike. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to dermatology.
Syn. -- dermatologic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who discourses on the skin and its diseases; one versed in dermatology; especially, a physician with specialized training in dermatology, licensed to practise as a specialist in treating diseases of the skin. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ Gr. de`rma, -atos, skin + -logy: cf. F. dermatologie. ] The science which treats of the skin, its structure, functions, and diseases. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. de`rma, -atos, skin + pa`qos suffering. ] (Med.) Of or pertaining to skin diseases, or their cure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. de`rma, -atos, skin + fyto`n plant. ] (Med.) A fungus infecting and parasitic on the skin, especially one which causes disease; as, ringworm is caused by a dermatophyte.

{ , n. An alderman. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zoöl.) Relating or belonging to the echinoderms. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'echi^nos hedgehog, sea urchin + de`rma, -atos, skin. ] (Zoöl.) One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom. By many writers it was formerly included in the Radiata. [ Written also Echinoderma. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The species usually have an exterior calcareous skeleton, or shell, made of many pieces, and often covered with spines, to which the name. They may be star-shaped, cylindrical, disk-shaped, or more or less spherical. The body consists of several similar parts (spheromeres) repeated symmetrically around a central axis, at one end of which the mouth is situated. They generally have suckers for locomotion. The group includes the following classes: Crinoidea, Asterioidea, Ophiuroidea, Echinoidea, and Holothurioidea. See these words in the Vocabulary, and also Ambulacrum. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zoöl.) Relating to Echinodermata; echinodermal. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Biol.) Of or relating to the ectoderm. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Endermic. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to the endoderm. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Biol.) Relating to the entoderm. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the epidermis; epidermic; cuticular. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Epidermal. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'epi` upon + de`rma, -atos, skin + -oid. Cf. Epidermoid. ] (Anat.) Epidermoid. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A natural family of lizards, including the only known venomous lizards.
Syn. -- family Helodermatidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL. See Hypo, and derma. ] 1. (Bot.) A layer of tissue beneath the epidermis in plants, and performing the physiological function of strengthening the epidermal tissue. In phanerogamous plants it is developed as collenchyma. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) An inner cellular layer which lies beneath the chitinous cuticle of arthropods, annelids, and some other invertebrates. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Hypodermic.

-- Hyp`o*der*mat"ic*al*ly adv. [1913 Webster]

adj. relating to areas between the layers of the skin. an intradermal injection
Syn. -- intradermic, intracutaneous. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Biol.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the mesoderm; as, mesodermal tissues. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. my`khs a fungus + de`rma skin. ] 1. (Biol.) One of the forms in which bacteria group themselves; a more or less thick layer of motionless but living bacteria, formed by the bacteria uniting on the surface of the fluid in which they are developed. This production differs from the zoogloea stage of bacteria by not having the intermediary mucous substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Capitalized) A genus of microorganisms of which the acetic ferment (Mycoderma aceti), which converts alcoholic fluids into vinegar, is a representative. Cf. Mother. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Neuro- + epidermal. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to, or giving rise to, the central nervous system and epidermis; as, the neuroepidermal, or epiblastic, layer of the blastoderm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) An abnormal thickening of the skin (usually unilateral on an extremity) caused by congenital enlargement of lymph vessel and lymph vessel obstruction.
Syn. -- pachydermatosis, pachydermia, nevoid elephantiasis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Zool.) Of or relating to the pachyderms; as, pachydermal dentition. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. pachy`dermos thick-skinned; pachy`s thick + de`rma skin. ] (Zool.) A group of hoofed mammals distinguished for the thickness of their skins, including the elephant, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, tapir, horse, and hog; the pachyderms. It is now considered an artificial group. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) Same as pachyderma.
Syn. -- pachyderma, pachydermia, nevoid elephantiasis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the pachyderms. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Thick-skinned; not sensitive to ridicule. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Med.) Of or pertaining to pachyderma. [ PJC ]

a. (Paleon.) Of or pertaining to the placoderms; like the placoderms. [ 1913 Webster ]