hypodermic

From hypoderm +‎ -ic.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌhaɪpəˈdɝmɪk/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌhaɪpəˈdɜːmɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)mɪk

hypodermic (not comparable)

1. Of, or relating to the hypodermis, the layer beneath the dermis.
   • 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 358:

     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.

• As routes of administration:
  • subcutaneous (often synonymous in concept; sometimes idiomatically non-interchangeable)
  • intradermic
  • intramuscular
  • intravascular
  • intravenous

hypodermic (plural hypodermics)

1. A hypodermic syringe, needle or injection.