Hypodermic
[haɪpə(ʊ)'dɜːmɪk] or [,haɪpə'dəmɪk]
Definition
(adj.) relating to or located below the epidermis; 'hypodermic needle'; 'subcutaneous implant' .
Checker: Susie--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to the parts under the skin.
Editor: Sweeney
Definition
adj. relating to the parts under the skin subcutaneous esp. of a method of injecting a drug in solution under the skin by means of a fine hollow needle to which a small syringe is attached—also Hypoder′mal.—n. Hypoder′ma the layer of colourless cells immediately beneath the epidermis of a leaf.
Checker: Pamela
Examples
- I was horrified by my first glimpse of Holmes next morning, for he sat by the fire holding his tiny hypodermic syringe. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He then bared his legs and arms, and they were literally pitted with scars, due to the use of hypodermic syringes. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Typist: Ted