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) (kožen)
• 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