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hypodermic
[ hahy-puh-dur-mik ]
adjective
- characterized by the introduction of medicine or drugs under the skin:
hypodermic injection.
- introduced under the skin:
a hypodermic medication.
- pertaining to parts under the skin.
- stimulating; energizing.
noun
- a hypodermic remedy.
- a hypodermic injection.
- the administration of drugs into subcutaneous body tissues.
hypodermic
/ ˌhaɪpəˈdɜːmɪk /
adjective
- of or relating to the region of the skin beneath the epidermis
- injected beneath the skin
noun
- a hypodermic syringe or needle
- a hypodermic injection
Derived Forms
- ˌhypoˈdermically, adverb
Other Words From
- hypo·dermi·cal·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of hypodermic1
Example Sentences
Such an attack may startle people thinking of mosquito bites just as stealthy hypodermic blood-sucks.
In the silent promotional clip, neither one speaks or smiles as a nurse inserts the hypodermic into their arms.
He lay on his side in a t-shirt and shorts with a hypodermic needle in his left arm.
There was at least one hypodermic picked up at the house that day.
Lessons to be learned: When someone stabs you with a hypodermic, just shoot them.
The phloridzin test consists in the hypodermic injection of a small quantity of phloridzin.
In addition, Doctor Kraus, the poison was administered most carefully and professionally with a hypodermic needle.
The hypodermic needle is a weapon of death which has caused autopsy physicians trouble since its invention.
Murder by the hypodermic needle, no doubt, would escape detection often enough were it not for circumstances.
Where evidence warrants it corpses are subjected to microscopic and meticulous search to locate a hypodermic puncture.
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