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cutitis

cutitis noun: dermatitis.

Noun

cutitis (uncountable)

  1. dermatitis
    • Blandin considers it an inflammation consisting of two elements, inflammation of the papillae of the dermis, and that of the lymphatics. When the erysipelas is of internal origin, the cutitis predominates; when of external origin, the lymphangitis.1846, The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, page 329

Origin of cutitis

From cutis + -itis.

Questions about cutitis

What does cutitis mean?
Cutitis means dermatitis.
What part of speech is cutitis?
Cutitis is a noun.

Words near cutitis in the dictionary

  1. cutireactions
  2. cutis
  3. cutis hyperelastica
  4. cutis laxa
  5. cutis verticis gyrata
  6. cutitis
  7. cutization
  8. Cutlack
  9. Cutland
  10. cutlas
  11. cutlases

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