Relating to the crushing, pressing, or mechanical breaking down of skin tissue, or resembling such action.
From Greek 'derma' (skin) + 'pnaxis' (compression/pressing), an obsolete medical term from 19th-century pathology.
This wonderfully obscure word describes what happens when pressure sores develop—the slow crushing of skin tissue against bone—and understanding this mechanism has improved hospital care for immobile patients.
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