Definition of "subcutis" []

• A layer of connective tissue beneath the dermis. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "           The skin flays easily, the epidermis giving way to the dermis to the subcutis."
• "The skin flays easily, the epidermis giving way to the dermis to the subcutis."
• "Inflammatory complications also occur in the form of swellings of the subcutis, tendons, and tendinous sheaths and laminæ of the feet."