dermatome

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

derma- +‎ -tome (“instrument for cutting”)

Noun[edit]

dermatome (plural dermatomes)

  1. An instrument used surgically to remove a thin slice of skin for grafting

Etymology 2[edit]

dermat- +‎ -ome (“mass”)

Noun[edit]

dermatome (plural dermatomes)

  1. An area of skin which is innervated by afferent nerve fibers coming to a single posterior spinal root.
  2. The cutis plate.
Coordinate terms[edit]
  • (innervation distribution): myotome (muscle analogue)
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