Cutis
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈkjutəs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cutis is a noun meaning (anatomy) The true skin or dermis, underlying the epidermis.
Meaning
(anatomy) The true skin or dermis, underlying the epidermis.
More Meanings
- (mycology) The peridium of some fungi.
Example Sentences
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).
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 […]
Word Forms
- cutes
Synonyms for cutis
Depending on context, synonyms include corium, skin, tegument.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tegument, skin, osteoma, calcinosis, epiderm, outskin.
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