HYPODERMIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hypodermic mean? 

• HYPODERMIC (noun)
  The noun HYPODERMIC has 1 sense:

1. a piston syringe that is fitted with a hypodermic needle for giving injections

  Familiarity information: HYPODERMIC used as a noun is very rare.

• HYPODERMIC (adjective)
  The adjective HYPODERMIC has 1 sense:

1. relating to or located below the epidermis

  Familiarity information: HYPODERMIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPODERMIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A piston syringe that is fitted with a hypodermic needle for giving injections

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

hypo; hypodermic; hypodermic syringe

Hypernyms ("hypodermic" is a kind of...):

syringe (a medical instrument used to inject or withdraw fluids)

Meronyms (parts of "hypodermic"):

hypodermic needle (a hollow needle)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hypodermic"):

autoinjector (a hypodermic syringe to use in injecting yourself with a liquid)

• HYPODERMIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or located below the epidermis

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

hypodermic; subcutaneous

Context example:

subcutaneous implant

Pertainym:

skin (a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch)

Derivation:

hypodermis (layer of cells that secretes the chitinous cuticle in e.g. arthropods)

 Context examples 

A number representing the outer diameter of a hypodermic needle.

(Needle Gauge, NCI Thesaurus)

A tablet dissolved in solvent and intended for administration by hypodermic injection.

(Hypodermic Tablet Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

I was horrified by my first glimpse of Holmes next morning, for he sat by the fire holding his tiny hypodermic syringe.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"Do not stir," he said, "but I fear that with growing strength she may wake; and that would make danger, oh, so much danger. But I shall precaution take. I shall give hypodermic injection of morphia."

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)