cutis

cutis /cu·tis/ (ku´tis) the skin.

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cutis anseri´na  transitory elevation of the hair follicles due to contraction of the arrectores pilorum muscles; a reflection of sympathetic nerve discharge.

cutis hyperelas´tica  Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.

cutis lax´a  a group of connective tissue disorders, usually hereditary, in which the skin hangs in loose pendulous folds; believed to be associated with decreased elastic tissue formation and an abnormality in elastin formation.

cutis rhomboida´lis nu´chae  thickening of the skin of the neck with striking accentuation of its markings, giving an appearance of diamond-shaped plaques.

cutis ver´ticis gyra´ta  enlargement and thickening of the skin of the scalp, which lies in folds resembling gyri and sulci of the brain.

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cu·tis (kyts)

n. pl. cu·tis·es or cu·tes (-tz)

Dermis.

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cutis

the outer protective covering of the body; the skin.

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cutis anserina

transitory erection of the hair follicles due to contraction of the arrectores muscles, a reflection of sympathetic nerve discharge; goose flesh.

cutis asthenia

see cutaneous asthenia.

cutis hyperelastica

see ehlers-danlos syndrome.