Nervous
dermatome
DER-mah-tohm
StatusNew
Definition
Area of skin supplied by sensory fibers from a single spinal nerve root
AnatomyNervous
Breakdown
Suffix
-tome
section
Etymology
Greek: dermat/o (skin) + -tome (section)
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