hypodermoclysis

Definitions

noun The injection of large quantities of a liquid, as water, under the skin, with a view to replenishing the blood.
noun Subcutaneous injection of large quantities of a physiological salt solution in the treatment of shock and of certain acute affections.

From Greek υπω- (hypo, "below, beneath") + δερμα (derma, "skin") + κλυσις (klysis, "a washing out")

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Water may be given by an enema, by water drinking, and in such rare cases as cholera infantum, when water cannot be retained on the stomach, it often becomes necessary to inject it under the skin (hypodermoclysis) so that it may go at once to the wasted tissues and perhaps save the baby's life.

The Mother and Her Child William S. Sadler
Should a patient arrive in a serious state of water-hunger, as part of the preparation the patient must be given water by hypodermoclysis and enteroclysis, and if necessary the endoscopy, except in dyspneic cases, must be delayed until the danger of water-starvation is past.

Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
Water must be supplied by means of proctoclysis and hypodermoclysis before any endoscopic or surgical procedure is attempted.

Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
Water starvation should be relieved by means of proctoclysis and hypodermoclysis before endoscopy is done.

Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911