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thickness
1. The measure of the depth of something, as opposed to its length or width. 2. A layer or stratum.
- Breslow t. maximal t. of a primary cutaneous melanoma measured in tissue sections from the top of the epidermal granular layer, or from the ulcer base (if the tumor is ulcerated), to the bottom of the tumor; metastatic rates correlate closely with tumor t..

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thick·ness (thikґnis) a measurement across the smallest dimension of an object.

Medical dictionary. 2011.