CUTANEOUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cutaneous mean? 

• CUTANEOUS (adjective)
  The adjective CUTANEOUS has 1 sense:

1. relating to or existing on or affecting the skin

  Familiarity information: CUTANEOUS used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CUTANEOUS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or existing on or affecting the skin

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

cutaneal; cutaneous; dermal

Context example:

a cutaneous infection

Pertainym:

cutis (a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch)

 Context examples 

Most often, melanomas arise in the skin (cutaneous melanomas) and include the following histologic subtypes: superficial spreading melanoma, nodular melanoma, acral lentiginous melanoma, and lentigo maligna melanoma.

(Melanoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare malignant cutaneous tumor seen in elderly patients.

(Merkel cell carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A drug used together with UV light to treat psoriasis, vitiligo, and skin nodules of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma.

(Methoxsalen, NCI Dictionary)

The disease comes in three forms: visceral (the most severe form), cutaneous (the most common), and mucocutaneous.

(Study uncovers cause of aggressive leishmaniasis strain, SciDev.Net)

A morphologic finding indicating that the cutaneous melanoma has invaded the entire thickness of the papillary dermis but the malignant cellular infiltrate does not extend into the reticular dermis.

(Clark Level III, NCI Thesaurus)

An intermediate cutaneous fibrohistiocytic neoplasm arising from the chest wall.

(Chest Wall Plexiform Fibrohistiocytic Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A morphologic finding indicating the cutaneous melanoma depth of invasion into the dermis and subcutaneous tissue.

(Clark Level Finding, NCI Thesaurus)

A morphologic finding indicating that the cutaneous melanoma is confined to the epidermis and does not invade the dermis.

(Clark Level I, NCI Thesaurus)

A morphologic finding indicating that the cutaneous melanoma has invaded part of the papillary dermis but the malignant cellular infiltrate has not reached the papillary-reticular dermis interface.

(Clark Level II, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of photodynamic therapy used to treat skin conditions such as psoriasis, vitiligo, and skin nodules of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma.

(Methoxsalen With Ultraviolet A Therapy, NCI Dictionary)