HYPODERMIC


Meaning of HYPODERMIC in English

adj. & n.

--adj. Med.

1. of or relating to the area beneath the skin.

2 a (of a drug etc. or its application) injected beneath the skin. b (of a needle, syringe, etc.) used to do this.

--n. a hypodermic injection or syringe.

Derivatives:

hypodermically adv.

Etymology: HYPO- + Gk derma skin

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.