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Cutis vs Cutes - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between cutis and cutes

is that cutis is (anatomy) the true skin or dermis, underlying the epidermis while cutes is (informal) cuteness.

cutis

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (anatomy) The true skin or dermis, underlying the epidermis.
  • * 1883 : Alfred Swaine Taylor, Thomas Stevenson, The principles and practice of medical jurisprudence
  • The cutis measures in thickness from a quarter of a line to a line and a half (a line is one-twelfth of an inch).

    Synonyms

    * corium

    Derived terms

    * cutaneous * cutin

    Anagrams

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    cutes

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (informal) cuteness
  • * {{quote-news, year=1990, date=July 20, author=Lawrence Bommer, title=Soft Remembrance, work=Chicago Reader citation
  • , passage=Chicago favorite Byrne Piven (shorn of his trademark beard) craftily dumbs himself down to play Sam as a softhearted dreamer with a bad case of the cutes . }} ----