Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to the layer just beneath the epidermis.
- adjective Relating to the hypodermis.
- adjective Injected beneath the skin.
- noun A hypodermic injection.
- noun A hypodermic needle.
- noun A hypodermic syringe.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining or relating to parts under the skin; subcutaneous; employed in introducing foreign substances under the skin: specifically applied to a mode of administering medicines by introducing them under the skin: as, a hypodermic syringe.
- Burrowing in or under the skin; infesting the integuments: as, a hypodermic insect.
- Of or pertaining to the hypoderm in arthropods: as, a hypodermic layer; hypodermic cells.
- noun In medicine, a remedy introduced under the skin, as morphia or other narcotic agent.
- noun A hypodermic injection or syringe.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A
hypodermic needle {2}. - adjective Of or pertaining to the parts under the skin.
- adjective the application of remedies under the epidermis, usually by means of a small syringe, called the hypodermic syringe.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, or relating to the
hypodermis , thelayer beneath thedermis - noun A hypodermic
syringe ,needle orinjection
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to or located below the epidermis
- noun a piston syringe that is fitted with a hypodermic needle for giving injections
Etymologies
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Examples
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There are broadly defined as the hypodermic theory (the media inject the message into the passive audience); and the uses and gratifications theory (in which the audience makes disparate use of different media products and constructs or decodes different meanings).
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He bridles his horses with opium, loads them down with purgative powders, and whips them through with castor oil, and for fear they will not travel fast enough he uses as a spur a delicately formed instrument known as the hypodermic syringe.
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It was a small slim ivory toy -- just the instrument for a tired sufferer to give himself a "hypodermic" with.
The Bolted Door 1908
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It was a small slim ivory toy -- just the instrument for a tired sufferer to give himself a "hypodermic" with.
The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton — Part 1 Edith Wharton 1899
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From the "hypodermic" regulars, men and women, laying down their syringes to be filled with the soul-stealing morphia solution -- faded men and trembling women, down to the shattered wretch, with his pitiful twenty-five cents for a bit of "dope," no one with money was turned away.
The Midnight Passenger : a novel Richard Savage 1874
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The Company's flagship product, the Sharps Disposal by Mail System®, is a cost-effective and easy-to-use solution to dispose of medical waste such as hypodermic needles, lancets and any other medical device or objects.
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The Company's flagship product, the Sharps Disposal by Mail System (R), is a cost-effective and easy-to-use solution to dispose of medical waste such as hypodermic needles, lancets and any other medical device or objects used to puncture or lacerate the skin (referred to as "sharps").
unknown title 2009
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The Company's flagship product, the Sharps Disposal by Mail System (R), is a cost-effective and easy-to-use solution to dispose of medical waste such as hypodermic needles, lancets and any other medical device or objects used to puncture or lacerate the skin (referred to as "sharps").
unknown title 2009
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The Company's flagship product, the Sharps Disposal by Mail System (R), is a cost-effective and easy-to-use solution to dispose of medical waste such as hypodermic needles, lancets and any other medical device or objects used to puncture or lacerate the skin (referred to as "sharps").
unknown title 2009
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The Company's flagship product, the Sharps Disposal by Mail System (r), is a cost-effective and easy-to-use solution to dispose of medical waste such as hypodermic needles, lancets and any other medical device or objects used to puncture or lacerate the skin
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