intramuscularly
- adverb
- /ˌɪntrəˈmʌskjələrli/
- Specialized
- All immunizations comprised two 1-mL doses administered intramuscularly 3 weeks apart, unless stated otherwise.
- administered intramuscularly
- injections given intramuscularly
- given intramuscularly
Examples
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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
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Surface Forms
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.