dermatome

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Etymology

From derma- +‎ -tome (“instrument for cutting”).

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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.

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