HYPODERMIC


Meaning of HYPODERMIC in English

■ adjective

1》 Medicine relating to the region immediately beneath the skin.

2》 (of a needle or syringe) used to inject beneath the skin.

↘(of a drug) injected beneath the skin.

■ noun a ~ syringe or injection.

Derivatives

~ally adverb

Origin

C19: from hypo- + Gk derma 'skin' + -ic .

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