dermatome

Definition of Dermatome in English :

1. dermatome

a surgical instrument used to cut very thin slices of skin

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Dermatome

noun

1.

a surgical instrument for cutting thin slices of skin, esp for grafting

2.

the area of skin supplied by nerve fibres from a single posterior spinal root

3. embryology

the part of a somite in a vertebrate embryo that gives rise to the dermis

noun

any of the segmentally arranged mesodermal masses in a vertebrate embryo, destined to form dermis

n.

1. Anatomy An area of skin innervated by sensory fibers from a single spinal nerve.

2. Medicine An instrument used in cutting thin slices of the skin, as for skin grafts.

3. Embryology The part of a mesodermal somite from which the dermis develops.