0 the layer of skin under the epidermis (= the thin outer layer of skin), used in the names of some medical conditions:
Malpighi was the first to discover what was thought to be a third layer interposed between the cutis and the cuticle.
The neurite, as soon as it enters the lowermost epithelial layer of the cutis, breaks up.
Cutis laxa is a disorder of the connective tissue that produces loose, wrinkled skin.
Potential skin changes include symmetrical alopecia, thinning of the skin, and calcinosis cutis.
We report the case of a 35-year-old patient with secondary cutis verticis gyrata (CVG).
