Relating to or existing on or affecting the skin:
— Cutaneous nerves.
— A cutaneous infection.

synonyms: cutaneal, dermal.

Roget 223: covering etc. v.; superimposed, overlaid, plated etc. v.; cutaneous, dermal, cortical, cuticular, tegumentary^†, skinny, scaly, squamous [Anat.]; covered etc. v.; imbricated, loricated^†, armor plated, ironclad; under cover; cowled, cucullate^†, dermatoid^†, encuirassed^†, hooded, squamiferous^†, tectiform^†; vaginate^†.    ... show more