test-tube skin

American  

noun

Medicine/Medical.

1. skin that has been grown in the laboratory from a patch of a person's skin, used for autografting, especially in the treatment of extensive burns.

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Example Sentences

Few of the attending doctors were hopeful, but Dr. Green, who by then was at Harvard Medical School, was determined to give the boys a chance with so-called test-tube skin.

From New York Times

"The test-tube" skin is "shiny and pink and smooth," says Gallico.

From Time Magazine Archive