cutaneous

(kyū-tā'nē-əs)
adj.
Of, relating to, or affecting the skin.

[From New Latin cutāneus, back-formation from Late Latin intercutāneus and subcutāneus, both subcutaneous, both from Latin cutis, skin.]

cutaneously cu·ta'ne·ous·ly adv.

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Pertaining to the skin.

of, pertaining to, or in the skin.

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Pertaining to the skin. See also under headings of individual diseases, e.g. cutaneous actinobacillosis.

• idiopathic c. and renal glomerular disease — a disease affecting racing Greyhounds caused by a Shigella-like toxin produced by Escherichia coli H157:07, found in uncooked meat. There is a severe vasculitis with cutaneous necrosis, renal failure and death. Called also Alabama rot, Greenetrack disease.

(kyōōtā′nē-us)
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Relating to the skin. Tests of cutaneous hypersensitivity may be indicators of malnutrition and are useful in determining a patient’s readiness for surgery.

See words rhyming with "cutaneous."