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cu·ti·cle
(kyo͞o′tĭ-kəl)n.
1. The outermost layer of the skin of vertebrates; epidermis.
2. The strip of hardened skin at the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail.
3. Dead or cornified epidermis.
4. Zoology The noncellular, hardened or membranous protective covering of many invertebrates, such as the transparent membrane that covers annelids.
5. Botany The layer of cutin covering the epidermis of the aerial parts of plants.
cu·tic′u·lar (-tĭk′yə-lər) adj.
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cuticle
(ˈkjuːtɪkəl)n
1. (Anatomy) dead skin, esp that round the base of a fingernail or toenail
2. (Anatomy) another name for epidermis
3. (Anatomy) any covering layer or membrane
4. (Botany) the protective layer, containing cutin, that covers the epidermis of higher plants
5. (Zoology) the hard protective layer covering the epidermis of many invertebrates
[C17: from Latin cutīcula diminutive of cutis skin]
cuticular adj
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cu•ti•cle
(ˈkyu tɪ kəl)n.
1. the hardened skin that surrounds the edges of a fingernail or toenail.
2. the epidermis.
3. the outer, noncellular layer of the arthropod integument.
4. a very thin waxy film covering the surface of plants, derived from the outer surfaces of the epidermal cells.
cu•tic′u•lar (-ˈtɪk yə lər) adj.
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cu·ti·cle
(kyo͞o′tĭ-kəl)1. The outer layer of skin; the epidermis.
2. The hard skin around the sides and base of a fingernail or toenail.
3. Botany A waxy layer that covers the outermost tissue layer of a plant. The cuticle is secreted by the epidermis and helps prevent water loss and infection by parasites.
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cuticle
1. A waterproof, waxy outer covering found, for example, on leaves and insects.
2. Epidermis; dead skin at a nail root.
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Noun | 1. | cuticle - the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail |
2. | cuticle - the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates cutis, skin, tegument - a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body" epidermal cell - any of the cells making up the epidermis corneum, horny layer, stratum corneum - the outermost layer of the epidermis consisting of dead cells that slough off stratum lucidum - the layer of epidermis immediately under the stratum corneum in the skin of the palms and soles stratum granulosum - the layer of epidermis just under the stratum corneum or (on the palms and soles) just under the stratum lucidum; contains cells (with visible granules) that die and move to the surface malpighian layer, rete Malpighii, stratum basale, stratum germinativum - the innermost layer of the epidermis pallium, mantle - (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell stratum - one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock) | |
3. | cuticle - hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles turtle - any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming arthropod - invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin cuticula - the outer body wall of an insect scute - large bony or horny plate as on an armadillo or turtle or the underside of a snake mollusc, mollusk, shellfish - invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell shell - the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals |
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Translations
جِلْد يُغَطّي منبت الظُّفر
kůžička
neglebånd
bõrkefelhám
naglaband
odelė
kutikula, ārējā ādiņa
kožtička
derinin dış zarı
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
cuticle
[ˈkjuːtɪkəl] n (on nail) → envie f cuticle stickcuticle remover n → repousse-peaux m invcuticle stick n → repousse-peaux m invCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
cuticle
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
cuticle
(ˈkjuːtikl) noun the dead skin at the inner edge of a fingernail or toenail.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
cu·ti·cle
n. cutícula, capa exterior de la piel.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
cuticle
n cutículaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.