Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A layer of connective tissue beneath the dermis.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The deeper part of the cutis, corium, or true skin, sometimes distinguished from the rest.

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Examples

  • The skin flays easily, the epidermis giving way to the dermis to the subcutis.

    Out On The Waves 2009

  •            The skin flays easily, the epidermis giving way to the dermis to the subcutis.

    Out On The Waves 2009

  • Inflammatory complications also occur in the form of swellings of the subcutis, tendons, and tendinous sheaths and laminæ of the feet.

    Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877

  • In its deeper strata (the subcutis) there are clusters of fat-cells

    The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876

  • The lesion was located in the subcutis and fine needle aspiration biopsy revealed malignant features.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Charalampos Skoulakis 2010

  • RESTYLANE-L is approved for implantation into the mid to deep dermis, and PERLANE-L is approved for implantation into the deep dermis to superficial subcutis, both for the correction of moderate to severe facial wrinkles and folds, such as nasolabial folds

    News 2010

  • PERLANE is designed for injection into the deep dermis to superficial subcutis.

    News 2010

  • A subcutaneous injection is administered as a bolus into the subcutis, the layer of skin directly below the dermis and epidermis, collectively referred to as the cutis.

    Make - All Discussions 2008

  • A subcutaneous injection is administered as a bolus into the subcutis, the layer of skin directly below the dermis and epidermis, collectively referred to as the cutis.

    Make - All Discussions 2008

  • (c) from degenerated hair follicles (hf) and absence of subcutis (sc) above the muscles (m).

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Alexis Dumortier et al. 2010

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