dermatome noun. ['dǝ:mǝtǝʊm] L19.
[formed as DERMATOGLYPHICS + -TOME.]
1. Surgery. A device for removing an intact layer of skin. L19.

2. Embryology. The lateral wall of a somite, regarded as the origin of the connective tissue of the skin. E20.

3. Anatomy. An area of the skin supplied by nerves from a single spinal root. E20.

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