hypodermic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌhaɪpəˈdɝmɪk/ (General-American)
- /ˌhaɪpəˈdɜːmɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó) Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-)der. English hypo- English dermis English hypoderm Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English hypodermic From hypoderm + -ic.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of, or relating to the hypodermis, the layer beneath the dermis.
Which means that at the moment Raven entered her, a very small hypodermic needle slipped imperceptibly into the engorged frontal vein of his penis, automatically shooting a cocktail of powerful narcotics and depressants into his bloodstream.
1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 358:
Coordinates
intramuscular (As routes of administration) · intravascular (As routes of administration) · subcutaneous (As routes of administration) · intravenous (As routes of administration) · intradermic (As routes of administration)
Deriveds
hypodermic needle · hypodermic syringe · hypospray · hypodermically
Translations (27)
ko 피하 (under the dermis) · fi hypodermi- (under the dermis) · is undir húðinni (under the dermis) · ro hipodermic (under the dermis) · gd fo-chraicneach (under the dermis) · fi ihonalaiskudos- (under the dermis) · ca hipodèrmic (under the dermis) · is húðbeðs- (under the dermis) · pl podskórny (under the dermis) · pt hipodérmico (under the dermis) · sv hypodermisk (under the dermis) · fy hypodermysk (under the dermis) · de hypodermisch (under the dermis) · cy tangroenol (under the dermis) · cy hypodermig (under the dermis) · nl hypodermaal (under the dermis) · ru подко́жный (under the dermis) · tr hipodermik (under the dermis) · it ipodermico (under the dermis) · tl kubusbalatin (under the dermis) · fr hypodermique (under the dermis) · es hipodérmico (under the dermis) · ga hipideirmeach (under the dermis) · ga fodheirmeach (under the dermis) · lb hypodermesch (under the dermis) · bg подкожен (under the dermis) · cmn 皮下 (under the dermis)