subcutaneous
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7.2
- adjective
- /ˌsʌb.kjuːˈteɪ.nəs/
- Specialized
:
subcutáneo
- The surgeon explained that the subcutaneous layer contains fat that helps insulate the body.
- subcutaneous tissue
- subcutaneous fat
- subcutaneous injection
And what it's doing is it is actually measuring subcutaneous fluid.
- And what it's doing is it is actually measuring subcutaneous fluid.
- In any case, you can overload your subcutaneous fat, but you have to work at it.
- So, for example, it can be from the skin, so subcutaneous fat or belly fat, but not dietary fat.
- So first of all, the question is, is that visceral or liver fat or is that just where you tend to store subcutaneous fat?
- When the fat cell is no longer in balance, fat starts leaking out of that subcutaneous fat where we're meant to store it, and it starts going in places where we're not meant to store it.
- And some of them are taken in oral form, but most often I think it's nasal inhalant or, or it's a subcutaneous injection.
- How many pounds or kilos of subcutaneous fat do you have to gain before you become metabolically I'll?
Examples
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Local reactions specifically noted included erythema, tenderness, induration, warmth, subcutaneous nodules, and axillary adenopathy.
Academic text (2000) -
Most vaccines are given intramuscularly, but subcutaneous, intradermal, and oral administration routes are still important for some vaccines.
Academic text (2015) -
And what it's doing is it is actually measuring subcutaneous fluid.
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I mean, all the, all the, it doesn't touch subcutaneous fat for some reason.
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So she's got to have the subcutaneous fat for her to last that time.
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In any case, you can overload your subcutaneous fat, but you have to work at it.
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One month after the injection, a subcutaneous mass appeared in the left hypochondrium.
Academic text (2015) -
By the time surface damage is noticed, subcutaneous necrosis may already have occurred.
Academic text (1994) -
Cervical emphysema occurs when air moves through tissue planes into subcutaneous areas of the face and neck.
Academic text (2003) -
The typical crepitus found on palpation will immediately distinguish subcutaneous emphysema from hematoma, edema, and abscess formation.
Academic text (2002)
Synonyms
8
7.0
Relating to the area just under the skin or used for injections
4
6.1
Under the skin
1
8.9
Just under the outer layer of the skin
Located just below the outer layer of the skin
Compounds
- Specialized
A medical test that puts a small amount of an allergy-causing substance under the skin to see if you react
How Deep
- Specialized
22
5.5
- Specialized
1
6.5
- Specialized
8
7.2
20
5.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Subcutaneous comes from the Latin parts sub- 'under' and cutis 'skin', and it shares the same root you see in cuticle. So something subcutaneous is placed or happens 'under the skin'.