Derived from the Greek ?????/derno (beat, flog) and/or ???u?/derma (skin), meaning "that which is skinned or flayed", possibly due to its appearance.

Some dartos-related terms:

: dartoic (dar·to·ic) (dahr-to'ik) of the nature of a dartos; having a slow, involuntary contractility like that of the dartos.

: dartoid (dar·toid) (dahr'toid) resembling the dartos.

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