hypodermic

English

Etymology

hypoderm +‎ -ic

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌhaɪpəˈdɝmɪk/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌhaɪpəˈdɜːmɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)mɪk

Adjective

hypodermic (not comparable)

1. Of, or relating to the hypodermis, the layer beneath the dermis

Coordinate terms

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

Derived terms

• hypodermic needle
• hypodermic syringe

 

Translations

under the dermis

• Bulgarian: подкожен (podkožen)
• Catalan: hipodèrmic
• Dutch: hypodermaal (nl)
• Finnish: ihonalaiskudos-, hypodermi-
• French: hypodermique (fr) m or f
• German: hypodermisch
• Icelandic: undir húðinni, húðbeðs-
• Irish: hipideirmeach, fodheirmeach
• Italian: ipodermico
• Luxembourgish: hypodermesch
• Polish: podskórny (pl)
• Portuguese: hipodérmico (pt)
• Romanian: hipodermic (ro)
• Russian: подко́жный (ru) (podkóžnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: fo-chraicneach
• Spanish: hipodérmico
• Swedish: hypodermisk
• Tagalog: kubusbalatin
• Turkish: hipodermik
• West Frisian: hypodermysk

Noun

hypodermic (plural hypodermics)

1. A hypodermic syringe, needle or injection

Translations

a syringe

• Bulgarian: подкожна инжекция f (podkožna inžekcija)
• Icelandic: stungulyf n, sprauta (is) f
• Irish: (injection) instealladh hipideirmeach m, (needle) snáthaid hipideirmeach f