The outer covering of the body that protects it from the environment. It is composed of the DERMIS and the EPIDERMIS.
Synonyms: Skin
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/transplantation was SKIN TRANSPLANTATION 1963-65; was SKIN/transplantation 1966-89 ,for animal tissue in wound ther see note on BIOLOGICAL DRESSINGS; inflammation = DERMATITIS & its specifics; dryness of skin: index under SKIN DISEASES & do not interpret as XERODERMA see ICHTHYOSIS without clues from text
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