cu'tin. 1

A modification of cellulose found in the walls of certain cells, chiefly on the exterior of plant organs rendering them impervious to water. 2. A soft material prepared from the intestine of the ox, intended as a substitute for silk or catgut. cutis, skin It.].,e. [Lat., is absorbabl cutis (kew'tis). The skin, consisting of the cutis vera, true skin, and the epidermis. c. an serin a. "Goose skin"; a transitory state of the skin in which the follicles become prominent and form visible projections; usually from cold. c. elastic a. See elastic skin, under skin. c. lax a, c. pendula. Other names for derma to lysis. c. plicata. A very rare form of skin disease in which the normal furrows of the skin are exaggerated and the skin, is thrown into folds, c. vera. The true skin or corium. See corium. [Lat., cutis 3 skin.]