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Medical Definition of Cleavage lines
1. Lines which can be extrapolated by connecting linear openings made when a round pin is driven into the skin of a cadaver, resulting from the principal axis of orientation of the subcutaneous connective tissue (collagen) fibres of the dermis; they vary in direction with the region of the body surface. Synonym: Langer's lines. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cleavage Lines
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