cutaneous

1. 1.

   relating to or existing on or affecting the skin

   “cutaneous nerves”

   “a cutaneous infection”

   Synonymscutanealdermal

Questions about cutaneous

What does cutaneous mean?

cutaneous means "relating to or existing on or affecting the skin".

How many syllables are in cutaneous?

cutaneous has 4 syllables: cu-ta-ne-ous. The stress falls on "ta". In IPA it is /ˌkjuˈteɪˌniəs/.

What is another word for cutaneous?

Close synonyms include cutaneal, dermal. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cutaneous a common word?

cutaneous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.