n 1  :  an instrument for cutting skin for use in grafting  2  :  the lateral wall of a somite from which the dermis is produced der*ma*to*mal or  der*ma*to*mic  adj 
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  Trom·bid·i·um 
 
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