skin (n)
tegument (n)
cutis (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 08
def a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
examples your skin is the largest organ of your body
Outgoing links
Hypernym connective tissue; body covering
Part holonym integumentary system
Derivationally related form cutis → cutaneal
Derivationally related form skin → skinny; skin → skin
Hyponym investment; thick skin; skin graft; buff; dewlap; prepuce, foreskin; prepuce, foreskin; scalp; cuticle; hangnail, agnail
Part meronym pressure point; epidermis, cuticle; skin cell; dermis, corium, derma; macule, macula; freckle, lentigo; liver spot; whitehead, milium; blackhead, comedo; pore; scab; sweat gland, sudoriferous gland; free nerve ending; Pacinian corpuscle; wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam, line
Substance meronym melanin
Incoming links
Pertainym (pertains to noun) dermal → cutis
Derivationally related form cutaneal → cutis
Pertainym (pertains to noun) cutaneal → cutis
Pertainym (pertains to noun) cutaneous → cutis
Pertainym (pertains to noun) endermatic → skin; subcutaneous → skin; intradermic → skin
Pertainym (pertains to noun) endermic → skin; hypodermic → skin; intradermal → skin; mucocutaneous → skin; skinny → skin
Pertainym (pertains to noun) intracutaneous → skin; percutaneous → skin
Derivationally related form skinny → skin; skin → skin
Pertainym (pertains to noun) transcutaneous → skin
Hypernym investment; thick skin; skin graft; buff; dewlap; prepuce, foreskin; prepuce, foreskin; scalp; cuticle; hangnail, agnail
Hyponym body covering; connective tissue
Part holonym pressure point; epidermis, cuticle; skin cell; dermis, corium, derma; macule, macula; freckle, lentigo; liver spot; whitehead, milium; blackhead, comedo; pore; scab; sweat gland, sudoriferous gland; free nerve ending; Pacinian corpuscle; wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam, line
Part meronym integumentary system
Substance holonym melanin

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