Subcutaneous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Located or placed just beneath the skin: subcutaneous tissue; a subcutaneous implant.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Pertaining to the fatty layer under the skin.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Situated under the skin; hypodermic.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Situated beneath the skin, in general; subdermal; lying in the true skin or cutis, under the cuticle; subcuticular; placed or performed under the skin; hypodermic: as, a subcutaneous injection.
  • Fitted for use under the skin; hypodermic: as, a subcutaneous syringe; a subcutaneous saw.
  • Living under the skin; burrowing in the skin: as, a subcutaneous parasitic insect.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. relating to or located below the epidermis
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