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cutis

[ kyoo-tis ]

/ ˈkyu tɪs /

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noun, plural cu·tes [kyoo-teez] /ˈkyu tiz/, cu·tis·es.

the true skin, consisting of the dermis and the epidermis.

Origin of cutis

1595–1605; < Latin: skin; akin to Greek skŷtos hide²

Words nearby cutis

cutie, cutie pie, cutin, cutinize, cutireaction, cutis, cutis anserina, cutis hyperelastica, cutis laxa, cutis marmorata, cutis plate

Example sentences from the Web for cutis

The cutis, or true skin, lies beneath the epidermis, and is its origin and support.

A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene |Joseph Chrisman Hutchison
The cutis contains several kinds of specialized cells in many layers, each filled with minute granules of guanine.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 |Various
Darwin possesses the epidermis of poetry but not the cutis; the cortex without the liber, alburnum, lignum, or medulla.

Anima Poet |Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Kerbert has found in the cutis of the embryonic chick, about the fifteenth day, certain pigment-cells.

The Dawn of Reason |James Weir

Cutis cenea, bronze skin, they call it sometimes—extraordinary pigmentation—a little more to the light, if you please—ah!

The Poet at the Breakfast Table |Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

British Dictionary definitions for cutis

cutis

/ (ˈkjuːtɪs) /

noun plural -tes (-tiːz) or -tises

zoology a technical name for skin

Word Origin for cutis

C17: from Latin: skin

Medical definitions for cutis

cutis

[ kyōō′tĭs ]

n. pl. cu•tis•es

Dermis.