Cutis
WordNet

noun


(1)   A natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
"Your skin is the largest organ of your body"
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Noun



  1. The true skin or dermis, underlying the epidermis.
    • 1883: Alfred Swaine Taylor, Thomas Stevenson, The principles and practice of medical jurisprudence
      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).
 
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