hypodermic
characterized by the introduction of medicine or drugs under the skin: hypodermic injection.
introduced under the skin: a hypodermic medication.
pertaining to parts under the skin.
stimulating; energizing.
a hypodermic remedy.
a hypodermic injection.
the administration of drugs into subcutaneous body tissues.
Origin of hypodermic
1Other words from hypodermic
- hy·po·der·mi·cal·ly, adverb
Words Nearby hypodermic
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How to use hypodermic in a sentence
Such an attack may startle people thinking of mosquito bites just as stealthy hypodermic blood-sucks.
Video captures young mosquitoes launching their heads to eat other mosquitoes | Susan Milius | October 4, 2022 | Science NewsIn the silent promotional clip, neither one speaks or smiles as a nurse inserts the hypodermic into their arms.
The next act for messenger RNA could be bigger than covid vaccines | David Rotman | February 5, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewHe lay on his side in a t-shirt and shorts with a hypodermic needle in his left arm.
Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Deadly ‘Ace of Spades' Heroin | Marlow Stern | February 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere was at least one hypodermic picked up at the house that day.
The Strange and Mysterious Death of Mrs. Jerry Lee Lewis | Richard Ben Cramer | January 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLessons to be learned: When someone stabs you with a hypodermic, just shoot them.
The phloridzin test consists in the hypodermic injection of a small quantity of phloridzin.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddIn addition, Doctor Kraus, the poison was administered most carefully and professionally with a hypodermic needle.
The hypodermic needle is a weapon of death which has caused autopsy physicians trouble since its invention.
Murder by the hypodermic needle, no doubt, would escape detection often enough were it not for circumstances.
Where evidence warrants it corpses are subjected to microscopic and meticulous search to locate a hypodermic puncture.
British Dictionary definitions for hypodermic
/ (ˌhaɪpəˈdɜːmɪk) /
of or relating to the region of the skin beneath the epidermis
injected beneath the skin
a hypodermic syringe or needle
a hypodermic injection
Derived forms of hypodermic
- hypodermically, adverb
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