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dermatomes

dermatomes is the plural of dermatome.

Meaning of dermatome

Noun

dermatome (plural dermatomes)

  1. An instrument used surgically to remove a thin slice of skin for grafting
  2. An area of skin which is innervated by afferent nerve fibers coming to a single posterior spinal root.
  3. The dorsal part of an embryonic somite contributing in part to skin development.

Questions about dermatomes

What is dermatomes the plural of?
Dermatomes is the plural of dermatome.

Words near dermatomes in the dictionary

  1. dermatomas
  2. dermatomata
  3. dermatome
  4. dermatomed
  5. dermatomegaly
  6. dermatomes
  7. dermatomic
  8. dermatomucosal
  9. dermatomycoses
  10. dermatomycosis
  11. dermatomycotic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dermatomes (page history and authors); dermatome (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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