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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

dermatome en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

  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

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Coordinates

myotome (embryonic development) · myotome (innervation distribution) · syndetome (embryonic development) · sclerotome (embryonic development)

Deriveds

nondermatomal · dermatomed · dermatomic · dermatomal · electrodermatome