Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hypodermic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hypodermic \Hyp`o*der"mic\, a. [See {Hypoderma}.]
Of or pertaining to the parts under the skin.
{Hypodermic medication}, the application of remedies under
the epidermis, usually by means of a small syringe, called
the hypodermic syringe. -- {Hyp`o*der"mic*al*ly}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hypodermic
adj : relating to or located below the epidermis; "hypodermic
needle"; "subcutaneous implant" [syn: {subcutaneous}]
n : a piston syringe that is fitted with a hypodermic needle for
giving injections [syn: {hypodermic syringe}, {hypo}]
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