What does cutis mean?
Cutis means (anatomy) The true skin or dermis, underlying the epidermis..
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/ˈkjutəs/ · noun
(anatomy) The true skin or dermis, underlying the epidermis..
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 […]
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).
Use cutis when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cutis means (anatomy) The true skin or dermis, underlying the epidermis..
Common synonyms include corium, skin, tegument.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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 […]
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