primary cuticle

cu·ti·cle (ky

-k

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.

[Latin cutcula, diminutive of cutis, skin; see (s)keu- in Indo-European roots.]

cu·ticu·lar (-t

-l

r) adj.

cuticle [ˈkjuːtɪk^əl]

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) dead skin, esp that round the base of a fingernail or toenail

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) another name for epidermis

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) any covering layer or membrane

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) the protective layer, containing cutin, that covers the epidermis of higher plants

5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the hard protective layer covering the epidermis of many invertebrates

[from Latin cutīcula diminutive of cutis skin]

cuticular [kjuːˈtɪkjʊlə] adj

cuticle (ky

-k

1. The noncellular, hardened or membranous protective covering of many invertebrates, such as the transparent membrane that covers annelids.

2. A layer of wax and cutin that covers the outermost surfaces of a plant. The cuticle is secreted by the epidermis and helps prevent water loss and infection by parasites.

3. The hard skin around the sides and base of a fingernail or toenail.

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	cuticle - the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail cutis, skin, tegument - a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body"
	2.	cuticle - the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates epidermis 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 carapace, shell, shield 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

Translations

cuticle [ˈkjuːtɪkl] N → cutícula f

cuticle [ˈkjuːtɪk^əl] n (on nail) → envie f cuticle stick
cuticle remover n → repousse-peaux m inv
cuticle stick n → repousse-peaux m inv

cuticle

n (of nail) → Nagelhaut f; (Anat) → Epidermis f; (Bot) → Kutikula f; cuticle remover → Nagelhautentferner m

cuticle [ˈkjuːtɪkl] n (of fingernails) → cuticola, pellicina (Bot, Zool) → cuticola

cuticle

n cuticle [ˈkjuːtikl]

the dead skin at the inner edge of a fingernail or toenail. nerf جِلْد يُغَطّي منبت الظُّفر кожичка kůžička neglebånd die Nagelhaut πετσάκι στο νύχι cutícula nahaserv پوست سفت شده دور ناخن kynsinauha petites peaux עוֹר בִּבְסִיס הַצִיפּוֹרֵן मृत त्वचा kutikula, zanoktica felhám, bőrke kulit ari naglaband cuticola 表皮 각피, 표피 odelė kutikula, ārējā ādiņa kutikel nagelriem neglebånd skórka cutícula cuticulă кутикула kožtička kožica zanoktica ytterhud, nagelband หนังแห้งที่โคนเล็บ derinin dış zarı 表皮 кутикула بیکار جِلد، چم‍ڑا biểu bì 表皮

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