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endermic

American

[en-dur-mik] / ɛnˈdɜr mɪk /

adjective

acting through the skin, as a medicine, by absorption.

endermic British

/ ɛnˈdɜːmɪk /

adjective

(of a medicine) acting by absorption through the skin

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Other Word Forms

endermically

adverb

Etymology

Origin of endermic

First recorded in 1825–35; en- ¹ + -derm + -ic

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