cutis
Americannoun
plural
cutes, cutisesnoun
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
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 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 Cross, American Red
How does the common type of tuberculosis cutis begin?
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman
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