Cutis vs Cutes - What's the difference?
cutis | cutes |
(anatomy) The true skin or dermis, underlying the epidermis.
* 1883 : Alfred Swaine Taylor, Thomas Stevenson, The principles and practice of medical jurisprudence
(informal) cuteness
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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)- 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
* coriumDerived terms
* cutaneous * cutinAnagrams
* ----cutes
English
Noun
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