cutaneous
UK/kjuːˈteɪniəs/US/kjuˈteɪniəs/
cutaneous adjective: of, relating to, existing on, or affecting the exterior skin, especially the cutis.
Adjective
cutaneous (not comparable)
- Of, relating to, existing on, or affecting the exterior skin, especially the cutis.
- Near-synonyms: epidermal, epidermo-
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cutaneous meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Kannada and Arabic
cutaneous in Tamil
- தோல் சார்ந்த, சரும, தோல் சம்பந்தப்பட்ட, தோற் சிரை, தோலின் தோலுக்குரிய, தோலில்
cutaneous in Urdu
- جلدی
cutaneous in Kannada
- ತೊಗಲಿನ
cutaneous in Arabic
- of, or relating to the skin
- جِلْدِيّ jildiyy
More languagesFewer languages
- cutaneous in Indonesian
- kutaneus, kutan
Examples of cutaneous in a sentence
- Some salamanders are both gillless and lungless as adults, relying solely on cutaneous respiration to breathe.
- They are characterized by having only cutaneous presentation, with no evidence of extracutaneous lesion after adequate staging.
- Glomus tumor is a vascular tumor believed to be originating from the cutaneous neuromyoarterial glomus body.
Synonyms of cutaneous
Forms of cutaneous
| alternative form | cutaneious |
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Origin of cutaneous
From New Latin cutaneus, from Latin cutis (“skin”).
Words formed from cutaneous
- abdominocutaneous
- anocutaneous
- bronchopleurocutaneous
- cardiocutaneous
- cardiofaciocutaneous
- cellulocutaneous
- chondrocutaneous
- colocutaneous
- congenital cutaneous candidiasis
- cutaneo-
- cutaneous leishmaniasis
- cutaneously
- cutaneous rabbit effect
- cutaneous rabbit illusion
- diacutaneous
- electrocutaneous
- enterocutaneous
- epicutaneous
- esophagocutaneous
- extracutaneous
- fasciocutaneous
- gastrocutaneous
- ileocutaneous
- inguinocutaneous
- intercutaneous
- intestinocutaneous
- intracutaneous
- laryngocutaneous
- lymphocutaneous
- mucocutaneous
- mucosocutaneous
- musculocutaneous
- musulocutaneous
- myocutaneous
- neurocutaneous
- neurooculocutaneous
- noncutaneous
- oculocutaneous
- orocutaneous
- osteocutaneous
- percutaneous
- pericutaneous
- pharyngocutaneous
- pleurocutaneous
- precutaneous
- psychocutaneous
- pulmocutaneous
- rectocutaneous
- renocutaneous
- septocutaneous
- subcutaneous
- supercutaneous
- supracutaneous
- tracheocutaneous
- transcutaneous
- ureterocutaneous
- urethrocutaneous
- viscerocutaneous
Phrases with cutaneous
Words that rhyme with cutaneous
Questions about cutaneous
- What does cutaneous mean?
- Cutaneous means of, relating to, existing on, or affecting the exterior skin, especially the cutis.
- What is cutaneous in Tamil?
- Cutaneous in Tamil is தோல் சார்ந்த, சரும, தோல் சம்பந்தப்பட்ட. See Cutaneous meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is cutaneous?
- Cutaneous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce cutaneous?
- Cutaneous is pronounced /kjuːˈteɪniəs/ (UK).
Words near cutaneous in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cutaneous (page history and authors); cutaneous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cutaneous (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cutaneous (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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