Definition of subcutaneous in English:
subcutaneous
adjective ˌsʌbkjuːˈteɪnɪəsˌsəbkjuˈteɪniəs
Anatomy Medicine Situated or applied under the skin.
Example sentencesExamples
- The superficial veins conduct blood from the skin and subcutaneous tissue.
- The septum of these catheters is sutured under the skin in the subcutaneous tissue.
- Any organ can be involved, but most frequently hemangiomas are localized to the skin and subcutaneous tissues.
- Each strand of hair grows from a follicle rooted in your skin's subcutaneous tissue.
- However, it can occur in the skin or subcutaneous tissue anywhere on the body and may present as single or multiple lesions.
Derivatives
adverb
Anatomy Medicine Healthy elderly volunteers were infused with normal saline either intravenously or subcutaneously, using radioisotopic triated water and technetium pertechnetate.
Example sentencesExamples
- Atropine may be given for bradycardia (0.3 to 0.5 mg intramuscularly or subcutaneously every 10 minutes to a maximum of 2 mg).
- Some casualty departments and ambulance services now recommend giving naloxone intramuscularly or subcutaneously rather than intravenously because it can be given more quickly and results in less violent recovery.
- The dose of vaccine is 0.5 cc (25 ug of polysaccharide capsule material from each of the 23 serotypes) and may be given intramuscularly or subcutaneously.
- Pneumococcal vaccine is administered intramuscularly or subcutaneously as one 0.5-mL dose.
Rhymes
contemporaneous, cutaneous, extemporaneous, extraneous, instantaneous, miscellaneous, Pausanias, porcellaneous, simultaneous, spontaneous
Definition of subcutaneous in US English:
subcutaneous
adjectiveˌsəbkyo͞oˈtānēəsˌsəbkjuˈteɪniəs
Anatomy Medicine Situated or applied under the skin.
Example sentencesExamples
- The superficial veins conduct blood from the skin and subcutaneous tissue.
- The septum of these catheters is sutured under the skin in the subcutaneous tissue.
- Each strand of hair grows from a follicle rooted in your skin's subcutaneous tissue.
- However, it can occur in the skin or subcutaneous tissue anywhere on the body and may present as single or multiple lesions.
- Any organ can be involved, but most frequently hemangiomas are localized to the skin and subcutaneous tissues.