Dermatome Definition
dûrmə-tōm
noun
An area of skin innervated by sensory fibers from a single spinal nerve.
American Heritage Medicine
Any of the segmentally arranged mesodermal masses in a vertebrate embryo, destined to form dermis.
Webster's New World
An instrument used in cutting thin slices of the skin, as for skin grafts.
American Heritage Medicine
The cutis plate.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Dermatome
Noun
Singular:
dermatome
Plural:
dermatomesOrigin of Dermatome
derma- + -tome (“instrument for cutting”)
From Wiktionary
dermat- + -ome (“mass”)
From Wiktionary
derma– –tome
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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