cuticle (ku'ti-kl)

A thin, transparent, dry membrane devoid of nerves and ve els which covers all the surface of the body, except the parts which correspond to the nails and similar parts; the scarf skin, epidermis. See epidermis and cuticula. ligneous C. The outer covering of a vegetable cell. liquid c. See collodion. skin.] [Lat., cuticula, dim. of cutis, cuticula (ku-tik'u-lah). See cuticle. c. admantina. See c. dent is. c. dent is. A thin corneous investment of the teeth which disappears shortly after they have perforated the gums. c. extina. See epidermis, c. membranae tympani. The external (dermoid) layer of the tympanic skin.] membrane. [Lat., dim. of cutis, cuticulous (ku-tik'u-lus). Living under the skin of animals. [Lat., cuticula, dim. of cutis, the skin.]