cutaneous

WOTD - 9 February 2011    

English

Etymology

From New Latin *cutaneus, from Latin cutis (“skin”)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪniəs

Adjective

cutaneous (not comparable)

1. (anatomy, zoology) Of, relating to, existing on, or affecting the exterior skin; especially the cutis

Derived terms

• cutaneal
• cutaneously
• subcutaneous

Related terms

• cuticle
• transcutaneous

Translations

of, or relating to the skin

Bulgarian: кожен (bg) Catalan: cutani (ca), epidèrmic (ca), dermatològic (ca) Czech: kožní (cs) Finnish: kutaaninen (fi), iho- (fi) French: cutané (fr), épidermique (fr), dermatologique (fr)

Icelandic: húð- (is) Italian: cutaneo (it) Polish: skórny (pl) Spanish: cutáneo (es), dermatológico (es), epidérmico (es)

See also

• dermal

External links

• cutaneous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• cutaneous in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911