cutaneous

American  

[kyoo-tey-nee-uhs] / kyuˈteɪ ni əs /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or affecting the skin.

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cutaneous British  

/ kjuːˈteɪnɪəs /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or affecting the skin

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cutaneous Scientific  

/ kyo̅o̅-tā′nē-əs /

1. Relating to or involving the skin.

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Other Word Forms

• cutaneously adverb

Etymology

Origin of cutaneous

1570–80; < Medieval Latin cutāneus, equivalent to Latin cut ( is ) the skin + -āneus ( -ān ( us ) -an + -eus -eous ). See cutis

Example Sentences

The animals are also vulnerable to a range of deadly diseases such as upper respiratory illnesses and the shell disease cutaneous dyskeratosis, which softens their shells.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2024

For the first time, scientists have begun to figure out why the disfiguring skin lesions caused by cutaneous leishmaniasis don't hurt.

From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2023

According to the World Health Organization, cutaneous leishmaniasis infects up to one million people annually, mainly in the Middle East, Central Asia, northern Africa and especially Latin America.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 30, 2023

Shortly after reaching his native land that September, the boy also died, of “a cutaneous disorder.”

From Science Magazine • Sep. 26, 2023

I don’t realize I’m checking my palms for creeping lesions, eruptions called cutaneous larva migrans, until Grandma gives me The Eye-Roll.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson