vermilion border
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Noun
vermilion border (plural vermilion borders)
- (anatomy) 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.
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