cutis vera
Americannoun
plural
cutes veraeEtymology
Origin of cutis vera
< Latin: literally, true skin
Example Sentences
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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 Garnett, Thomas
The cutis vera contains not only Arteries, Veins, and Nerves but Lymphatics, Oil-Glands and Tubes, and Perspiratory Glands and Tubes.
From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Cutter, Calvin
The skin consists of two parts—a superficial layer, the epidermis, or cuticle, and the deep, or true, skin, the dermis, cutis vera, or corium.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
A little bladder, or a portion of the cuticle separated from the cutis vera and filled with serum.
From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Cutter, Calvin
The second layer is called the corium, derma cutis vera, or true skin.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson
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