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Cuticular

Cuticular \Cu*tic"u*lar\ (k[-u]*t[i^]k"[-u]*l[~e]r), a. Pertaining to the cuticle, or external coat of the skin; epidermal.

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cuticular

a. Of or pertaining to the cuticle

WordNet
cuticular

adj. of or relating to a cuticle or cuticula [syn: epidermal, epidermic, dermal]

Usage examples of "cuticular".

How often have I deceived myself into thinking I knew something when it was merely a borrowed acquirement, as it were, a cuticular absorption from a transient environment or interest, from classmates, social circles, clubs and books.

Like the monstrous shaped negative-plate of an explosive forming press the environment clamped itself on the personality of Donald Hogan, as a hand clenched around a lump of putty will leave the ridges between fingers, the imprint of the cuticular pattern.

It is a scleroprotein present largely in cuticular structures such as hair, nails, horn.