subdermal
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of subdermal
First recorded in 1830–40; sub- ( def. ) + dermal ( def. )
Example Sentences
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One night, I turned on 60 Minutes and saw a segment about how the US military is developing a subdermal implantable sensor to detect viruses.
From The Verge • Jun. 5, 2021
A nurse in a hazmat suit inserts a large needle into my plastic subdermal port.
From The Guardian • Sep. 26, 2019
She found a sequence for subdermal silver filigree in a repository that had thousands of five-star reviews and a gallery of successful modifications.
From Slate • Jul. 27, 2019
They were as surely a testament to a widening fascination with body modification in its most eye-popping extremes: allover tattoos, subdermal implants, piercing, stretching, scarring, branding and the like.
From New York Times • May 11, 2016
Water is drawn into the young sponge through the pores and, finding no outlet, accumulates under the external membrane, the subdermal cavity being at this stage even larger than it is in the adult sponge.
From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson
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