vermilion border

noun

vermilion border

noun
1

Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences The normally sharp demarcation between the lip (red-coloured) and the adjacent normal skin, representing the change in the epidermis from highly keratinized external skin to less keratinized internal skin.

Related terms
vermilionectomy

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