English

Noun

cutis ‎(plural cutes)

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

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 ‎(“ass”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈku.tis/, [ˈkʊ.tɪs]

Noun

cutis f ‎(genitive cutis); third declension

1. (anatomy) living skin
2. rind, surface
3. hide, leather

Inflection

Third declension i-stem.

References

• cutis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cutis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• CUTIS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cutis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈku.tis]

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cutis.

Noun

cutis m ‎(plural cutis)

1. skin (especially that of the face).

Synonyms

• piel

Related terms

• cutáneo

See also

• cabello
• pelo
• uña

Anagrams

• ictus