hypodermic
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7.0
- adjective
- /ˌhaɪpəˈdɜrmɪk/
- Specialized
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hipodérmico
- The virus is also transmitted through blood transfusions and the use of contaminated hypodermic needles.
- hypodermic needle
- hypodermic syringe
It makes more sense than any kind of hypodermic injection kind of idea, and we can even prove this with jello experiments.
- It makes more sense than any kind of hypodermic injection kind of idea, and we can even prove this with jello experiments.
Examples
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I found a hypodermic needle in my bed.
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Madame, do you by any chance own a hypodermic syringe?
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Give her a hypodermic, nurse.
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This is just the thing, a hypodermic needle.
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Just use the hypodermic needle.
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Get me a hypodermic needle.
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Prepare a hypodermic please, nurse.
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Inject yourself with the hypodermic needle.
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The hypodermic needle, as Luther picks it up carefully, starts back to Collin.
Fiction book (1997) -
The doctor used a hypodermic needle to administer the vaccine beneath the patient's skin.
Synonyms
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7.2
Under the skin below the outer layer
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6.1
Under the skin
A layer under the outer covering of skin or plant
Located just below the outer layer of the skin
Compounds
- Specialized
7
3.9
A thin hollow tube with a sharp point that doctors use to give medicine or take blood through the skin
- Specialized
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4.9
A small tube with a thin needle used to put medicine under the skin
How Deep
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hypodermic comes from the parts hypo- meaning 'under' and derm- meaning 'skin', so it literally means 'under the skin'. That's why a hypodermic injection or medicine is given just beneath the skin.