Word parts
What it means
Describes anything about the skin. A cutaneous reaction is a skin reaction, such as a rash from a drug. Subcutaneous means under the skin, and transcutaneous means through the skin, as in a TENS unit for pain. The root cutane/o means skin, like derm/o.
At a glance
| Spanish | cutáneo |
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Related terms
subcutaneous
Under the skin; in the fatty layer between the skin and the muscle.
subcutaneous tissue
The layer of fat and loose connective tissue under the skin that attaches the skin to muscle.
collagen
The main structural protein of the body, which gives strength to skin, bones, tendons, ligaments and scar tissue.