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Cuticula Cutaneous Cutis
Engraved before 1811 from an original in the then Museum Pio Clemens in Rome (Click for details)
Esculapius (Medicine) between Mercury (Merchants) and the Graces (Medicine, Hygiene and Panacea)
Esculapius dealt with Patients - Merchants make deals with Clients

~ CUTICULA   id+ | diminutive for SKIN |
             lat CUTIS   = SKIN
                 CUTICULA  diminutive
~ CUTANEOUS  id+ | SKIN |
~ CUTIS      see> SKIN   see> LEATHER
             med> THIN LAYER OF AVASCULAR EPIDERMIS
  AT THE BASE OF HUMAN NAILS COVERING IN PART THE
  LUNULA or SHAPED AS A MOON LIKE
  WHITE AREA AT THE BASE OF FINGERNAILS AND TOENAILS
  OFTEN HIDDEN AT LEAST IN PART BY THE CUTICULA
  for etymology see> CHORION
 
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