cutis

English

Etymology

From Latin cutis (“living skin”)

Noun

cutis (plural cutes or cutises)

1. (anatomy) The true skin or dermis, underlying the epidermis.
   • 1883: Alfred Swaine Taylor, Thomas Stevenson, The principles and practice of medical jurisprudence

     The cutis measures in thickness from a quarter of a line to a line and a half (a line is one-twelfth of an inch).

Synonyms

• corium

Derived terms

• cutaneous
• cutin

Anagrams

• ictus

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kuH-t-, zero-grade without s-mobile form of *(s)kewH- (“to cover”). Cognates include Welsh cwd (“scrotum”), Lithuanian kutỹs (“purse”) and Old English hȳd (English hide). Related to obscūrus (“dark, obscure”) and culus (“bottom”).

Noun

cutis (genitive cutis); f, third declension

1. living skin
2. rind, surface
3. hide, leather

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	cutis	cutēs
genitive	cutis	cutium
dative	cutī	cutibus
accusative	cutem	cutēs 1
ablative	cute	cutibus
vocative	cutis	cutēs

¹ May also be cutīs.