Definition of cuticle

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Cuticle (n.) The scarfskin or epidermis. See Skin.

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Hair :: Hair (n.) A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth..
Desquamation :: Desquamation (n.) The separation or shedding of the cuticle or epidermis in the form of flakes or scales; exfoliation, as of bones..
Eccoriate :: Eccoriate (v. t.) To strip or wear off the skin of; to abrade; to gall; to break and remove the cuticle of, in any manner, as by rubbing, beating, or by the action of acrid substances..
Cuticular :: Cuticular (a.) Pertaining to the cuticle, or external coat of the skin; epidermal..
Cuticle :: Cuticle (n.) The outermost skin or pellicle of a plant, found especially in leaves and young stems..
Prurigo :: Prurigo (n.) A papular disease of the skin, of which intense itching is the chief symptom, the eruption scarcely differing from the healthy cuticle in color..
Cuticle :: Cuticle (n.) The scarfskin or epidermis. See Skin.
Endodermis :: Endodermis (n.) A layer of cells forming a kind of cuticle inside of the proper cortical layer, or surrounding an individual fibrovascular bundle..
Cuticle :: Cuticle (n.) A thin skin formed on the surface of a liquid.
Blister :: Blister (n.) A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum, whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a bladderlike elevation of the cuticle..
Scurf :: Scurf (n.) Thin dry scales or scabs upon the body; especially, thin scales exfoliated from the cuticle, particularly of the scalp; dandruff..
Pimple :: Pimple (n.) Any small acuminated elevation of the cuticle, whether going on to suppuration or not..
Hypoderma :: Hypoderma (n.) An inner cellular layer which lies beneath the chitinous cuticle of arthropods, annelids, and some other invertebrates..
Epidermis :: Epidermis (v. t.) The outer, nonsensitive layer of the skin; cuticle; scarfskin. See Dermis..
Pustule :: Pustule (n.) A vesicle or an elevation of the cuticle with an inflamed base, containing pus..
Vesicle :: Vesicle (n.) A small, and more or less circular, elevation of the cuticle, containing a clear watery fluid..
Subcylindrical :: Subcuticular (a.) Situated under the cuticle, or scarfskin..
Bulla :: Bulla (n.) A bleb; a vesicle, or an elevation of the cuticle, containing a transparent watery fluid..
Papula :: Papula (n.) A pimple; a small, usually conical, elevation of the cuticle, produced by congestion, accumulated secretion, or hypertrophy of tissue; a papule..
Dermatogen :: Dermatogen (n.) Nascent epidermis, or external cuticle of plants in a forming condition..
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