Definition of Subcutaneous

1. Adjective. Relating to or located below the epidermis. "Subcutaneous implant"

Exact synonyms: Hypodermic
Derivative terms: Hypodermis
Partainyms: Skin, Skin

Definition of Subcutaneous

1. a. Situated under the skin; hypodermic.

Definition of Subcutaneous

1. Adjective. Pertaining to the fatty layer under the skin. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Subcutaneous

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Subcutaneous

subcrystalline
subcube
subcubes
subcubic
subcuisine
subcuisines
subcult
subcults
subcultural
subculturally
subculture
subcultured
subcultures
subculturing
subcurative
subcutaneous (current term)
subcutaneous injection
subcutaneous test
subcutaneously
subcutes
subcuticular
subcutis
subcutises
subcycle
subcycles
subcycling
subdata base
subdatabase
subdatabases
subdeacon

Literary usage of Subcutaneous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1892)
"Under the group of remedies affecting nutrition there are given valuable suggestions in regard to the subcutaneous use of mercury, of pilocarpine, ..."

2. Infections of the Hand: A Guide to the Surgical Treatment of Acute and by Allen Buckner Kanavel (1916)
"These injections were made to determine the relation of these spaces to the thenar space and the remainder of the subcutaneous tissue on the dorsum. ..."

3. Infections of the Hand: A Guide to the Surgical Treatment of Acute and by Allen Buckner Kanavel (1921)
"These injections were made to determine the relation of these spaces to the thenar space and the remainder of the subcutaneous tissue on the dorsum. ..."

4. Microscopical Morphology of the Animal Body in Health and Disease by Carl Heitzmann (1882)
"The loose connective-tissue bundles, traversing the subcutaneous tissue, ... All other fibrous tracts of the subcutaneous tissue are more oblique in their ..."

5. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1871)
"subcutaneous Application of Remedial Agents.—At the Medical Congress at Tubingen in June 1870, the late Professor Niemeyer spoke very favourably of ..."

6. The U. S. Coal Industry, 1970-1990: Two Decades of Change (1994)
"3.2.2.3 subcutaneous Emphysema subcutaneous emphysema, which may be associated with mediastinal emphysema, is caused by air being forced into the tissues ..."

7. Manual of Human Histology by Albert Kölliker, George Busk (1853)
"The subcutaneous cellular tissue is a tolerably firm membrane, ... The innermost layer of the subcutaneous cellular tissue, which upon the trunk and thighs ..."

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