Cutanés

Cutanés is a Spanish term used to refer to things related to the skin. In standard usage, the more common adjective is cutáneo, with cutánea as the feminine form. Cutanés appears in some dictionaries or regional texts as a less common variant or historical form, but it is not the preferred term in contemporary medical language. Both cutáneo and cutanés share the same Latin root, coming from cutis (skin) and the Latin adjective cutaneus, meaning pertaining to the skin.

In medical and scientific contexts, cutáneo is the standard descriptor for structures, conditions, and processes involving the skin and its layers. The term appears in phrases such as lesión cutánea (skin lesion), capa cutánea (cutaneous layer), and sistema cutáneo (integumentary system). The feminine form cutánea and the plural cutáneas are used when describing multiple female-associated terms, while cutáneos is used for masculine plurals.

Usage notes emphasize that cutáneo is the preferred form in modern dermatology, anatomy, and pathology. The term cutanés, when encountered, is typically regarded as archaic, regional, or stylistic variation rather than the accepted standard. External terminology in English, such as cutaneous, parallels the Spanish concept and usage.

See also: cutáneo, epidermis, dermis, dermatología, sistema integumentario.