cutis en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈkjutəs/
- /ˈkjuːtɪs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈkjutɪs/
- /ˈkjutəs/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Latin cutis (“living skin”).
Meanings
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The true skin, underlying the epidermis.
The cutis measures in thickness from a quarter of a line to a line and a half (a line is one-twelfth of an inch).
1883, Alfred Swaine Taylor, Thomas Stevenson, The principles and practice of medical jurisprudence:I was once, I remember, called to a patient who had received a violent contusion in his tibia, by which the exterior cutis was lacerated, so that there was a profuse sanguinary discharge […]
1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
- The peridium of some fungi.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cutes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
cutitis · subcutis · cutis verticis gyrata · corrugator cutis ani · leukemia cutis · cutin · sulcus cutis · tuberculosis verrucosa cutis · leukaemia cutis · epicutis · cutis hyperelastica · Beare-Stevenson cutis gyrata syndrome · cutis laxa · calcinosis cutis · crista cutis · cutaneous
Relateds
subcutis · subcutaneous · cutaneous · integument
Synonyms
Translations (1)
es cutis (Translations)