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dermatome
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dermatome /der·ma·tome/ (der´mah-tom)
1. an instrument for cutting thin skin slices for grafting.
2. the area of skin supplied with afferent nerve fibers by a single posterior spinal root.
3. the lateral part of an embryonic somite.
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Harvesting of a large split-thickness skin graft with an electric dermatome.

der·ma·tome (dûrm-tm)
n.
1. An area of skin innervated by sensory fibers from a single spinal nerve.
2. An instrument used in cutting thin slices of the skin, as for skin grafts.
3. The part of a mesodermal somite from which the dermis develops. Also called cutis plate.

dermatome,
n an area of skin innervated by a single spinal nerve and its branches. Dermatomes may overlap.
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Dermatome.

dermatome
(dur´mtōm´),
n 1. an instrument for cutting thin slices or layers of skin for grafting or for sequentially removing small lesions.
2. dermatologic regions of sensory innervation supplied by particular posterior root spinal nerves.

dermatome
1. an instrument for cutting thin skin slices for grafting.
2. the area of skin supplied with afferent nerve fibers by a single dorsal spinal root.
3. the lateral part of an embryonic somite.

Brown dermatome
an electric or pneumatic instrument used for cutting split-thickness skin grafts.

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