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intramuscular

[ in-truh-muhs-kyuh-ler ]

adjective

  1. located or occurring within a muscle.


intramuscular

/ ˌɪntrəˈmʌskjʊlə /

adjective

  1. anatomy within a muscle Abbreviation (esp of an injection)IMi.m

    an intramuscular injection

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌintraˈmuscularly, adverb
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Other Words From

  • intra·muscu·lar·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of intramuscular1

First recorded in 1870–75; intra- + muscular
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Example Sentences

This medication is given by intravenous infusion or by an intramuscular injection.

From Time

In addition to the foregoing, good results have attended the use of intramuscular injections of oxygen.

Further, particular care was taken to make the injections strictly intramuscular.

Administration by mouth and by intramuscular and intravenous injection are advocated.

In the article he spoke positively of the successful results he had obtained by the intramuscular injections of my diabetic serum.

In the intramuscular injection of mercury salts it is by no means a matter of indifference what salt we employ.

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