subdermal

American  

[suhb-dur-muhl] / ˌsʌbˈdɜr məl /

adjective

1. located or placed just below the skin; subcutaneous: a subdermal implant.

   subdermal contraceptives;

   a subdermal implant.

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Etymology

Origin of subdermal

First recorded in 1830–40; sub- ( def. ) + dermal ( def. )

Example Sentences

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

They grow in the skin, particularly under the hair, and may send their threadlike branches into some of the subdermal tissues.

From The Story of Germ Life by Conn, H. W. (Herbert William)