cutaneous

Contents

English

WOTD – 9 February 2011

Alternative forms

• cutaneious

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

Derived terms

• anocutaneous
• cardiocutaneous
• colocutaneous
• cutaneously
• enterocutaneous
• epicutaneous
• esophagocutaneous
• extracutaneous
• fasciocutaneous
• gastrocutaneous
• ileocutaneous

• intercutaneous
• intracutaneous
• mucocutaneous
• mucosocutaneous
• musculocutaneous
• myocutaneous
• neurocutaneous
• noncutaneous
• oculocutaneous
• orocutaneous
• osteocutaneous

• percutaneous
• pericutaneous
• pharyngocutaneous
• psychocutaneous
• pulmocutaneous
• rectocutaneous
• renocutaneous
• subcutaneous
• supracutaneous
• transcutaneous
• urethrocutaneous

Related terms

• cuticle
• cutaneal

Translations

of, or relating to the skin

• Bulgarian: кожен (kožen)
• Catalan: cutani, epidèrmic, dermatològic
• Czech: kožní (cs)
• Finnish: kutaaninen, iho- (fi)
• French: cutané (fr), épidermique (fr), dermatologique (fr)
• Greek: δερματικός (el) m (dermatikós)

• Icelandic: húð-
• Italian: cutaneo (it)
• Polish: skórny (pl)
• Portuguese: cutâneo (pt)
• Spanish: cutáneo (es), dermatológico (es), epidérmico
• Welsh: croeniog

Further reading

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