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dermatotome

dermatotome is the alternative form 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.

Forms of dermatotome

pluraldermatotomes

Questions about dermatotome

What is dermatotome the alternative form of?
Dermatotome is the alternative form of dermatome.

Words near dermatotome in the dictionary

  1. dermatotherapeutic
  2. dermatotherapies
  3. dermatotherapy
  4. dermatothlasia
  5. dermatotic
  6. dermatotome
  7. dermatotomes
  8. dermatotoxic
  9. dermatotoxicity
  10. dermatotoxin
  11. dermatotoxins

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dermatotome (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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