cutaneous
adjective
cu·ta·ne·ous
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Definition of cutaneous
: of, relating to, or affecting the skin
a cutaneous nerve cutaneous anthrax
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ImmuneFx now is being tested in clinical trials on humans with cutaneous melanoma, one of the most common types of skin cancer. — Justine Griffin, orlandosentinel.com, "A vaccine for cancer? Tampa company is working on it," 21 Aug. 2019 Animal horns usually form around a bone, while cutaneous horns do not. — Samantha Lauriello, Health.com, "This Woman Had a Giant Cutaneous Horn Growing Out of Her Thumb—and Doctors Aren't Sure Why," 6 June 2019 Kelli Mulhollen Dumas, his mother, told The Washington Post that he was diagnosed with cutaneous larva migrans, as a result. — Caitlin Wolper, Teen Vogue, "Hookworms Buried Themselves Into a Tennessee Teen's Skin," 28 July 2018 What one wilderness doc thought was a simple rash or possibly the shingles on the top of his foot was actually a horde of cutaneous larva picked up while playing beach volleyball on the banks of the Amazon. — Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online, "19 Lessons I Learned from Extreme Sports Pros," 25 June 2018 Ocular melanomas are the second most common type of melanoma -- after cutaneous, or skin, melanomas -- and represent about 5% of all melanoma cases. — Mark Lieber, CNN, "Group of rare eye cancer cases baffles experts," 1 May 2018 However, ocular melanomas behave much differently than cutaneous melanomas and are generally considered to be more lethal, according to Orloff. — Mark Lieber, CNN, "Group of rare eye cancer cases baffles experts," 1 May 2018 Between 2000 and 2010, new basal cell carcinoma (BCC) diagnoses rose 145%, and new squamous cell/cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) diagnoses rose 263%. — Seventeen, "Here's Why You 100% Need To Put On Sunscreen," 18 May 2017 Up to one in five cases of cutaneous anthrax, the skin-infecting form, can be fatal. — Maryn Mckenna, WIRED, "Terror and Bioterror: 9/11 to 10/4 (Part 3)," 25 Sep. 2011These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'cutaneous.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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cutaneous
adjective
cu·ta·ne·ous
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Medical Definition of cutaneous
: of, relating to, or affecting the skin
a cutaneous infection four cutaneous nerves arise from the cervical plexus