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dermatome

dermatome

English

Noun

dermatome (plural dermatomes)

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

Etymology 2

dermat- + -ome (mass)

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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