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Answer for the clue "A surgical instrument used to cut very thin slices of skin ", 9 letters:
dermatome

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a surgical instrument used to cut very thin slices of skin

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A dermatome is a surgical instrument used to produce thin slices of skin from a donor area, in order to use them for making skin grafts . One of its main applications is for reconstituting skin areas damaged by grade 3 burns or trauma . Dermatomes can be ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. An instrument used surgically to remove a thin slice of skin for grafting Etymology 2 n. 1 An area of skin which is innervated by afferent nerve fibers coming to a single posterior spinal root 2 The cutis plate.