cutis

cu·tis

C0826800 (kyo͞o′tĭs)n. pl. cu·tes (-tēz) or cu·tis·es See dermis.

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[Latin, skin; see (s)keu- in Indo-European roots.]

cutis

(ˈkjuːtɪs) n, pl -tes (-tiːz) or -tises (Zoology) zoology a technical name for skin[C17: from Latin: skin]

cu•tis

(ˈkyu tɪs)

n., pl. -tes (-tēz), -tis•es. the dermis and epidermis of the skin together. [1595–1605; < Latin: skin; akin to Greek skŷtos hide²]

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cutis - a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body"skin, tegumentinvestment - outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organismthick skin - skin that is very thick (as an elephant or rhinoceros)body covering - any covering for the body or a body partpressure point - an area on the skin that is highly sensitive to pressure; "you must know the pressure points in order to administer shiatsu"skin graft - a piece of skin taken from a donor area and surgically grafted at the site of an injury or burnbuff - bare skin; naked; "swimming in the buff"dewlap - a hanging fold of loose skin on an elderly person's neckepidermis, cuticle - the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebratesskin cell - any of the cells making up the skincorium, derma, dermis - the deep vascular inner layer of the skinmacule, macula - a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseasesfreckle, lentigo - a small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skinliver spot - a type of skin disease that causes brown spots on the skinmilium, whitehead - a small whitish lump in the skin due to a clogged sebaceous glandblackhead, comedo - a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skinpore - any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animalscab - the crustlike surface of a healing skin lesionconnective tissue - tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells; supports organs and fills spaces between them and forms tendons and ligamentssudoriferous gland, sweat gland - any of the glands in the skin that secrete perspirationintegumentary system - the skin and its appendagesfree nerve ending - microscopic sensory nerve endings in the skin that are not connected to any specific sensory receptorPacinian corpuscle - a specialized bulblike nerve ending located in the subcutaneous tissue of the skin; occurs abundantly in the skin of palms and soles and joints and genitalsforeskin, prepuce - a fold of skin covering the tip of the penisforeskin, prepuce - a fold of skin covering the tip of the clitorisscalp - the skin that covers the top of the head; "they wanted to take his scalp as a trophy"cuticle - the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenailagnail, hangnail - a loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail; tearing it produces a painful sore that is easily infectedcrinkle, wrinkle, furrow, crease, seam, line - a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"melanin - insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and feathers

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