See Also: subcutis(medicine)

bohea (iou) and subcutis (medicine)


bohea (iou)



bohea adjective & noun. E18.
[Chinese dial. Bu-yi var. of Wu-yi (see below).]
A. adjective. Of the Wuyi hills in Fukien province, SE China, whence black tea first came to Britain. Also, designating black tea grown elsewhere. E18.
b. noun. (An infusion of) black tea, orig. of the finest, now of the lowest, quality. E18.

subcutis (medicine)


subcutis -->
superficial fascia


A loose fibrous envelope beneath the skin, containing fat in its meshes (panniculus adiposus) or fasciculi of muscular tissue (panniculus carnosus); it contains the cutaneous vessels and nerves and is in relation by its undersurface with the deep fascia.

Synonym: fascia superficialis, tela subcutanea, hypoderm, hypodermis, stratum subcutaneum, subcutis.