1. an area of skin supplied by nerves from a single spinal root
Usage: medical
2. a surgical instrument used for cutting thin slices of skin for grafting
Usage: medical

Examples

• The doctor mapped the patient’s dermatomes to locate the source of nerve damage.
• Each dermatome corresponds to a specific segment of the spinal cord.
• The surgeon used a dermatome to harvest skin for the burn victim’s graft.
• Shingles typically affects one dermatome on one side of the body.
• The dermatome allowed precise cutting of uniform skin thickness.
• Numbness in the C6 dermatome indicated cervical nerve compression.