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subcutaneously

subcutaneously adverb: under the cutaneous layer of the skin.

Adverb

subcutaneously (not comparable)

  1. Under the cutaneous layer of the skin.
    • The injection was given subcutaneously, which should have hurt less than intramuscularly but still hurt a great deal.
    • In addition, 0.5 ml of 1% lidocaine HCl was injected subcutaneously in the postauricular area for local anesthesia.2015 August 27, “Intracochlear Bleeding Enhances Cochlear Fibrosis and Ossification: An Animal Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of subcutaneously

From subcutaneous + -ly.

Questions about subcutaneously

What does subcutaneously mean?
Subcutaneously means under the cutaneous layer of the skin.
What part of speech is subcutaneously?
Subcutaneously is an adverb.

Words near subcutaneously in the dictionary

  1. subcurve
  2. subcurves
  3. subcuspidal
  4. subcutaneal
  5. subcutaneous
  6. subcutaneously
  7. subcutaneousness
  8. subcuticle
  9. subcuticles
  10. subcuticular
  11. subcuticularly

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