subcutaneous

English

Etymology

From Latin subcutāneus, from sub- + cutis (“skin”) + adjectival suffix -āneus.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sʌbkjuːˈteɪnɪəs/
• Rhymes: -eɪniəs

Adjective

subcutaneous (comparative more subcutaneous, superlative most subcutaneous)

1. Pertaining to the fatty layer under the skin.

Derived terms

• subcutaneously

Translations

Pertaining to the fatty layer under the skin

Bulgarian: подкожен (bg) Catalan: subcutani (ca) Czech: podkožní (cs) Finnish: ihonalainen (fi) French: sous-cutané (fr) German: subkutan Greek: υποδόριος (el) (ipodhόrios)

Icelandic: húðbeðs- (is) Irish: fo-chraicneach (ga) Italian: sottocutaneo (it) Serbo-Croatian: pòtkožan (sh), по̀ткожан (sh) Spanish: subcutáneo (es) Swedish: subkutan (sv)