cutaneous, a.
(kjuːˈteɪniːəs)
Also 7 -ious.
[f. mod. or med.L. cutāne-us (f. cut-is the skin) + -ous. Cf. F. cutané (1721 in Hatzf.).]
Of, pertaining to, or affecting, the cutis or skin.
| 1578 Banister Hist. Man viii. 110 The cutaneous distribution of nerues. 1683 Robinson in Ray's Corr. (1848) 137 In cutaneous diseases. 1744 Berkeley Siris §4 Cutaneous eruptions and ulcers. 1845 Darwin Voy. Nat. v. 97 These reptiles possess great powers of cutaneous absorption. |
b. fig. = External, superficial.
| 1742 Young Nt. Th. viii. 455 All the distinctions of this little life Are quite cutaneous, foreign to the man. 1853 Reade Chr. Johnstone i. (1853) 15 Cutaneous disorders, such as love. |