Home › Words › S › subcutissubcutis/sʌbˈkjuːtɪs/subcutis means subcutaneous tissue: the lowermost layer of the integumentary system in vertebrates.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, subcutis ranks #2,165 of 42,747 for Qualifying.subcutis is pronounced /sʌbˈkjuːtɪs/.EtymologyFrom sub- + cutis.nounsubcutaneous tissue: the lowermost layer of the integumentary system in vertebratesDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).