vermilion border

English

Noun

vermilion border (plural vermilion borders)

  1. (anatomy) The normally sharp demarcation between the lip (red-coloured) and the adjacent normal skin, representing the change in the epidermis from highly keratinized external skin to less keratinized internal skin.
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