dermatome

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

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

[edit] Noun

dermatome (plural dermatomes)

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

[edit] Etymology 2

dermat- + -ome (“mass”)

[edit] Noun

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.

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