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epicutaneous

epicutaneous adjective: describing the application of a drug etc. directly onto the surface of the skin.

Adjective

epicutaneous (comparative more epicutaneous, superlative most epicutaneous)

  1. Describing the application of a drug etc. directly onto the surface of the skin.

Forms of epicutaneous

comparativemore epicutaneous
superlativemost epicutaneous

Origin of epicutaneous

From epi- + cutaneous.

Words formed from epicutaneous

Questions about epicutaneous

What does epicutaneous mean?
Epicutaneous means describing the application of a drug etc. directly onto the surface of the skin.
What part of speech is epicutaneous?
Epicutaneous is an adjective.

Words near epicutaneous in the dictionary

  1. epicurizing
  2. Epicurus
  3. epicurve
  4. epicurves
  5. EPICUS
  6. epicutaneous
  7. epicutaneously
  8. epicuticle
  9. epicuticles
  10. epicuticular
  11. epicuticularly

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