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Definition of Cuticle

1. Noun. The dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail.

2. Noun. The outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates.

3. Noun. Hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles.

Definition of Cuticle

1. n. The scarfskin or epidermis. See Skin.

Definition of Cuticle

1. Noun. The outermost layer of the skin of vertebrates; the epidermis. ¹

2. Noun. The strip of hardened skin at the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail. ¹

3. Noun. Dead or cornified epidermis. ¹

4. Noun. (context: zoology botany) A noncellular protective covering outside the epidermis of many invertebrates and plants. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cuticle

1. the epidermis [n -S] - See also: epidermis

Medical Definition of Cuticle

1. A continuous layer of waxy substances covering over the outer surfaces of the epidermis of plants, it contains cutin and protects against water loss / water gain and other damage. (13 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cuticle

cutesiest cutesified cutesifies cutesify cutesifying cutesily cutesiness cutesinesses cutest cutesy

cutey cuteys cuticle (current term) cuticle of nail cuticles cuticula cuticula dentis cuticulae cuticular cuticularization

cuticularized cuticulas cuticulin cutie

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