Medical Definition of Vermilion border

1. The red margin of the upper and lower lip that commences at the exterior edge of the intraoral labial mucosa ("moist line") and extends outward, terminating at the extraoral labial cutaneous junction; a thinly keratinised type of stratified squamous epithelium deeply penetrated by well-vascularised dermal papillae which show through the translucent epidermis to impart the typical red appearance of the lips. Synonym: vermilion zone, vermilion transitional zone. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Vermilion Border

vermiform process
vermiform process
vermifugal
vermifuge
vermifuge
vermifuges
vermil
vermilies
vermilinguia
vermilion
vermilion
vermilionectomy
vermilioned
vermilioning
vermilions
vermilion border (current term)
vermilion zone
vermilled
vermillion
vermillions
vermillion flycatcher
vermillion rockfish
vermils
vermily
vermin
vermin
verminal
vermination
vermined
verminous

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