cutitis en · NOUN
Etymology
From cutis + -itis.
Meanings
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(uncountable) dermatitis
Blandin considers it an inflammation consisting of two elements, inflammation of the papillae of the dermis, and that of the lymphatics. When the erysipelas is of internal origin, the cutitis predominates; when of external origin, the lymphangitis.
1846, The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, page 329: