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Definition of Cutaneous
1. Adjective. Relating to or existing on or affecting the skin. "A cutaneous infection"
Definition of Cutaneous
1. a. Of or pertaining to the skin; existing on, or affecting, the skin; as, a cutaneous disease; cutaneous absorption; cutaneous respiration.
Definition of Cutaneous
1. Adjective. (anatomy zoology) Of, relating to, existing on, or affecting the exterior skin; especially the cutis ¹
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Definition of Cutaneous
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Cutaneous
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Cutaneous
Literary usage of Cutaneous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1893)
"The nerve then passes downward to the ball of the thumb, where it terminates in
cutaneous filaments. It communicates with a branch from the radial nerve and ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"The cutaneous portion of the nerve passes behind the median cephalic vein, and
divides, opposite the elbow-joint, into an anterior and a posterior branch. ..."
3. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1920)
"The character of the cutaneous affections which have been described ... However,
the lesions are but the objective signs or the elements of the cutaneous ..."
4. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Allen Thomson, George Dancer Thane (1882)
"descending cutaneous branches of the circumflex nervo ; ïï, inferior external
cutaneous of the musculo-spiral nerve ; 4, posterior cutaneous branches of the ..."
5. Psychological Review by American Psychological Association (1894)
"Head's first observations concerned the recovery of cutaneous sensitivity in
patients in whom cutaneous nerves had been injured or severed. ..."
6. A Text-book of Physiology for Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1911)
"cutaneous AND INTERNAL SENSATIONS. General Classification. — According to the
older views, the sensory nerves of the skin give sensations of touch. ..."
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