dermatome
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
derma- + -tome (“instrument for cutting”)
Noun[edit]
dermatome (plural dermatomes)
- An instrument used surgically to remove a thin slice of skin for grafting
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
dermatome (plural dermatomes)
- An area of skin which is innervated by afferent nerve fibers coming to a single posterior spinal root.
- The cutis plate.
Coordinate terms[edit]
- (innervation distribution): myotome (muscle analogue)