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