Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cutis

/ˈkjutəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.65 in modern English

Syllables: cu-tis
IPA: /ˈkjutəs/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The true skin, underlying the epidermis.

noun

The peridium of some fungi.

Example Sentences

"I was once, I remember, called to a patient who had received a violent contusion in his tibia, by which the exterior cutis was lacerated, so that there was a profuse sanguinary discharge […]"
"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)."

Etymology

From Latin cutis (“living skin”).

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈkjutəs/
British English: /ˈkjuːtɪs/

Inflected Forms

cutes (plural)

Derived Forms

cutaneous cutin cutitis epicutis subcutis

Phrases

Beare-Stevenson cutis gyrata syndrome calcinosis cutis corrugator cutis ani crista cutis cutis hyperelastica cutis laxa cutis verticis gyrata leukaemia cutis

Frequently Paired Words

cutaneous subcutaneous subcutis integument cuticle epidermis

Synonyms

corium dermis skin tegument

Questions

How do you pronounce cutis?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkjutəs/.
What does cutis mean?: The true skin, underlying the epidermis.
Where does cutis come from?: From Latin cutis (“living skin”).

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