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UK
/sˌʌbkjuːtˈeɪniəs/
]
[ US /səbˌkjuˈteɪniəs/ ]
[ US /səbˌkjuˈteɪniəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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relating to or located below the epidermis
hypodermic needle
subcutaneous implant
How To Use subcutaneous In A Sentence
- Three cases involved a septic knee joint, and two patients developed subcutaneous abscesses.
- Any organ can be involved, but most frequently hemangiomas are localized to the skin and subcutaneous tissues.
- After the surgeon makes the initial skin incision and ensures hemostasis, he or she incises the subcutaneous tissue.
- 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.
- A child who suffered multiple injuries in a road traffic accident in Italy was given subcutaneous injections of nerve growth factor in a last ditch effort to save an ischaemic leg.
- In 1935 Cornbleet was the first to describe a thickening of the subcutaneous fat layer of the scalp.
- But Couples doesn't wear a skivvy shirt under his golf tunic to minimize the subcutaneous fat.
- Examination showed subconjunctival and subcutaneous emphysema, and radiography confirmed the presence of an orbital ‘blowout’ fracture.
- A fork structure of a subcutaneous blood vessel is used as the portion which is to be detected, for example.
- The reflected inguinal ligament is a layer of tendinous fibers of a triangular shape, formed by an expansion from the lacunar ligament and the inferior crus of the subcutaneous inguinal ring. IV. Myology. 6d. The Muscles and Fasciæ of the Abdomen