Male pride damaged on the surface (9)
I believe the answer is:
epidermal
'on the surface' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'male pride damaged' is the wordplay.
'damaged' indicates anagramming the letters.
'male'+'pride'='malepride'
'malepride' with letters rearranged gives 'EPIDERMAL'.
(Other definitions for epidermal that I've seen before include "Of the outer skin" , "Like protective covering" , "Relating to skin surface" , "Like skin" .)