1. A surgical instrument used to cut very thin slices of skin
   "The surgeon used a dermatome to harvest skin grafts"
    
2. (anatomy) an area of skin supplied by nerve fibers from a single spinal nerve
   "The rash followed a specific dermatome pattern"
    
3. (zoology) one of the paired blocks of tissue in a developing vertebrate embryo that forms skeletal muscle and skin
   "The dermatomes develop into the body wall musculature"

Derived forms: dermatomes

Type of: surgical instrument

Encyclopedia: Dermatome