test-tube skin

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.

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