percutaneousadj.
/ˌpəːkjᵿˈteɪnɪəs/, U.S. /ˌpərkjuˈteɪniəs/ Medicine.
Made, done, or effected through the skin.
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the world > life > the body > skin > [adjective]
skinned?a1425
skinny?1541
integumental1836
integumentary1846
percutaneous1862
exoskeletal1870
intracutaneous1885
intradermic1888
intradermal1900
1862 Brit. & Foreign Medico-chirurg. Rev. 29 259 (heading) On percutaneous ligature of arteries.
1887 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. Nov. 184 Percutaneous stimulation..gave results with somewhat greater irregularity.
1904 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 17 Sept. 39 The so-called percutaneous sutures.
1967 Jrnl. Pediatrics 70 81/1 Percutaneous needle biopsy of the kidney..has been performed with increasing frequency during the past ten years.
1993 Brit. Jrnl. Surg. 80 90/2 The pseudocyst in the third patient..recurred after three aspirations and required percutaneous catheter drainage.
Compounds
percutaneous transluminal angioplasty n. (also percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty) Surgery = balloon angioplasty n. at balloon n. Compounds 2; abbreviated PTA, PTCA.
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1968 Radiology 91 1041 (title) Modified catheter for percutaneous transluminal treatment of arteriosclerotic obstructions.]
1979 Circulation 59 613/1 Patients with obstructions that could not be dilated by percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) were offered bypass surgery.
2000 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 97 3678/2 The positive outcome of several large clinical trials on..percutaneous transluminal angioplasty during acute myocardial infarction.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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