DERMATOME

dermatome

(noun) a surgical instrument used to cut very thin slices of skin

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

dermatome (plural dermatomes)

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

Etymology 2

Noun

dermatome (plural dermatomes)

An area of skin which is innervated by afferent nerve fibers coming to a single posterior spinal root

The cutis plate.

Anagrams

• memorated

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