cutis
Americannoun
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cutes,
plural
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cutises
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of cutis
1595–1605; < Latin: skin; akin to Greek skŷtos hide 2
Example Sentences
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It was first described in the mid-19th century by a French physician who called it cutis sulcata — furrowed skin.
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2021
With most of his skin missing, except for on his head, he was initially diagnosed with aplasia cutis, a rare congenital absence of skin.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 16, 2019
No. If you examine the potato, with its roots and stem, you will find the cutis, or skin, and mucous membrane.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by George Dadd
The poison of the germs has killed all the leucocytes and also all the cutis immediately around them, and now digestive fluids from the dead leucocytes is turning the whole dead mass into liquid pus.
From American Red Cross Text-Book on Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick by American Red Cross
The cutis vera, or true skin, which covers the greatest part of the surface of the body.
From Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease by Thomas Garnett
Professional arcs not entirely aside, this is a romantic comedy, full of meet cutes and related tropes, where love rules; no one’s got it, everyone’s looking for it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
No "oohs", no "aahs", no "so cutes", no giggles.
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2026
The online dating sphere has changed radically since Match.com, founded in 1995, transformed the dating landscape by moving hundreds of thousands of meet cutes from cafés to chat boxes.
From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2021
“The Addams Family” suffers from an acute case of the cutes.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 10, 2019
For all the critique of the genre they contain—the meet cutes that aren’t, the Carey Grant types whose drinking is excessive—the demands of the rom-com are simply unavoidable.
From Economist ● May 29, 2018
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