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cutaneous

[kyoo-tey-nee-uhs]

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adjective

of, pertaining to, or affecting the skin.

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

Related forms

cu·ta·ne·ous·ly, adverb

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World English Dictionary

cutaneous (kjuːˈteɪnɪəs)

—*adj*
	of, relating to, or affecting the skin

[C16: from New Latin cutāneus, from Latin cutis skin; see hide²]

cu'taneously

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

cutaneous

1570s, from Mod.L. cutaneus, from cutis "the skin" (see cuticle).

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Medical Dictionary

cutaneous cu·ta·ne·ous (ky&oomacr;-tā'nē-əs)
adj.
Of, relating to, or affecting the skin.

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Science Dictionary

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