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Definition of Hypodermic

1. Noun. A piston syringe that is fitted with a hypodermic needle for giving injections.

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

Definition of Hypodermic

1. a. Of or pertaining to the parts under the skin.

Definition of Hypodermic

1. Adjective. Of, or relating to the hypodermis, the layer beneath the dermis ¹

2. Noun. A hypodermic syringe, needle or injection ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hypodermic

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Hypodermic

1. Applied or administered beneath the skin. Origin: Gr. Derma = skin This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypodermic

hypocystotomy hypocythemia hypocytosis hypodactylum hypodactyly hypodensities hypodensity hypoderm hypoderma hypodermal

hypodermas hypodermatic hypodermatoclysis hypodermatomy hypodermatosis hypodermic (current term) hypodermic injection hypodermic needle hypodermic needles hypodermic syringe

hypodermic tablet hypodermically hypodermics hypodermis hypodermises hypodermoclyses hypodermoclysis hypodermolithiasis hypoderms hypodermyiasis

Literary usage of Hypodermic

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

1. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1889)
"A fact indisputable,that has been proved up to the hilt, is that the alarming accidents, which are liable to occur from the u--e of "ready-made hypodermic ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1890)
"The chief objection to its hypodermic use is the irritation it causes, which, however deeply ... To prepare a solution that keeps well for hypodermic use, ..."

3. Pye's Surgical Handicraft: A Manual of Surgical Manipulations, Minor Surgery by Walter Pye (1893)
"Of tfie hypodermic syringe. There are a number of patterns of hypodermic ... Syringe for hypodermic Injection. In Fig. 212 we have shown the manner of ..."

4. The Medical and Surgical Reporter (1898)
"In chronic cases, hypodermic injections become of value, especially where ordinary medication has failed, and when the stomach, for any reason, ..."

5. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1862)
"It is now about three or four years since the hypodermic plan of administering medicines began to be pretty generally employed by the profession. ..."

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