cutaneous

adjective cu·ta·ne·ous \ kyü-ˈtā-nē-əs \

|Updated on: 6 Jul 2018

: of, relating to, or affecting the skin

a cutaneous nerve

cutaneous anthrax

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cutaneously

adverb

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Recent Examples of cutaneous from the Web

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. 2011
The intergalactic sheen of the inorganic seems omnipresent, tinging everything from eyes, lips and nails to gilded temporary tattoos, cutaneous body adornments, to even the most ubiquitous handheld device, the rose gold iPhone 6s.

— michael rock, New York Times, "The Metallic Muse: Fashion’s Sci-Fi Obsession," 7 June 2016

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