skin flap
Surgery
noun
A piece of skin and subcutaneous tissue partially detached from its site of origin but retaining a vascular pedicle which allows it to survive while being moved (often in stages) to another site.
Origin
Mid 19th century.
- metapeleth
- metapelot
- metapepsis
- metaphase
- metaphase plate
- metaphenomenal
- metaphloem
- metaphone
- metaphonic
- metaphonized
- metaphony
- metaphor
- metaphoric
- metaphorical
- metaphorically
- metaphoricalness
- metaphorician
- metaphoricity
- metaphorise
- metaphorist
- metaphorization
- metaphorize
- metaphosphate
- metaphosphoric acid
- metaphragma