The breaking down or dissolving of skin tissue.
From Greek 'derma' (skin) + 'lysis' (breaking or dissolving). A medical term describing the pathological breakdown of skin layers.
In severe burns or certain diseases like epidermolysis bullosa, dermolysis occurs—the skin literally separates and peels away because the glue-like proteins holding it together are defective!
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