cutaneous

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/kjuːˈteɪnɪəs/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kyo̅o̅ tā′nē əs)


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cu•ta•ne•ous  (kyo̅o̅ tā′nē əs),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Anatomyof, pertaining to, or affecting the skin.
  • Medieval Latin cutāneus, equivalent. to Latin cut(is) the skin + -āneus (-ān(us) -an + -eus -eous). See cutis
  • 1570–80
cu•ta′ne•ous•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
cutaneous / kjuːˈteɪnɪəs/
  1. of, relating to, or affecting the skin
Etymology: 16th Century: from New Latin cutāneus, from Latin cutis skin; see hide2
'cutaneous' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Rocky Mountain spotted fever - cutaneous quittor - haptics - herpes - intracutaneous - jungle rot - leukemid - parotoid - percutaneous - prickly heat - sebaceous gland - subcutaneous - transcutaneous - typhoidin

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