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intramuscularly

intramuscularly

1 7.5
By injection directly into a muscle
  • adverb
  • /ˌɪntrəˈmʌskjələrli/
  • Specialized
translation icon : intramuscular
  • All immunizations comprised two 1-mL doses administered intramuscularly 3 weeks apart, unless stated otherwise.
  • administered intramuscularly
  • injections given intramuscularly
  • given intramuscularly

Examples

  • Interferon treatment was ineffective; all of the monkeys experimentally inoculated intramuscularly with Ebola-Zaire (Mayinga strain) died between days 7 and 13 after infection.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Patients received a four-dose vaccination schedule (Heberbiovac Cuba) with 40 g injections intramuscularly in the deltoid muscle at 0, 1, 2, and 6 months.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Both medications were to be administered intramuscularly before the beginning of anesthetic induction.

    Academic text (2015)
  • All injections were given intramuscularly in the anterolateral area of the thigh.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Quadrivalent HPV vaccine is administered intramuscularly as three separate 0.5-mL doses.

    Blog text (15)
  • The vaccine is administered intramuscularly as a 0.5 ml dose and may be administered concurrently with other vaccines, but at a separate site.

    Academic text (2007)
  • The patient had been given an injection of glycopyrrolate 0.2 mg intramuscularly half an hour before shifting to the operation theatre in addition to other premedications.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Dexamethasone administered intramuscularly at dosages of 8 mg to children younger than 12 years of age and 12 mg to adults every 12 hours for 3 days.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The patient was given inj. glycopyrrolate 0.2 mg intramuscularly half an hour before shifting to the operation theatre to control his excessive salivation (approx. 1-2 litres/day).

    Academic text (2007)
  • The vaccine is administered intramuscularly in a 0.5 ml dose to ensure effective absorption.

How Deep

intravenously
  • Specialized
6 6.5
intramuscularly
  • Specialized
1 7.5
subcutaneously
  • Specialized
1 8.4
superficially
14 5.3

Surface Forms

intramuscularly positive

Morphology

intramuscularly = intramuscular (semi-transparent) = intra + muscle + ar + ly

The adverb is a standard -ly formation from 'intramuscular', but 'intra-' is a specialized medical prefix that may be unfamiliar to average learners.

Etymology

Intramuscularly breaks into parts: intra- meaning 'inside', muscular from muscle meaning 'muscle', and -ly which shows how something is done. So it literally means 'inside the muscle', which is why we use it for medicine given directly into a muscle.