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cutaneous

English

Alternative forms

  • cutaneious

Etymology

From New Latin *cutaneus, from Latin cutis (“skin”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kju??te?ni?s/
  • Rhymes: -e?ni?s

Adjective

cutaneous (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy, zoology) Of, relating to, existing on, or affecting the exterior skin, especially the cutis

Derived terms

Related terms

  • cuticle
  • cutaneal

Translations

Further reading

  • cutaneous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • cutaneous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

cutaneous From the web:

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myxedema

English

Alternative forms

  • myxoedema
  • myxœdema

Etymology

From myxo- +? edema.

Noun

myxedema (countable and uncountable, plural myxedemas)

  1. (pathology) A form of cutaneous and dermal edema that is secondary to increased deposition of connective tissue components in subcutaneous tissue. [from 19th c.]
    • 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society 2016, p. 542:
      The obvious inference was that myxoedema, goitre and cretinism were due to thyroid failure.

Derived terms

  • myxedematous
  • myxedemic

Translations

myxedema From the web:

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  • what is myxedema in physiology
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