SUBCUTANEOUSLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does subcutaneously mean? 

• SUBCUTANEOUSLY (adverb)
  The adverb SUBCUTANEOUSLY has 1 sense:

1. below the skin

  Familiarity information: SUBCUTANEOUSLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBCUTANEOUSLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Below the skin

Context example:

inject subcutaneously

Pertainym:

subcutaneous (relating to or located below the epidermis)

 Context examples 

A long-acting, fatty acylated glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analog administered subcutaneously, with antihyperglycemic activity.

(Liraglutide, NCI Thesaurus)

Exenatide is administered subcutaneously and mimics human glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1).

(Exenatide, NCI Thesaurus)

A drug delivery system that permits injection of a liquid medication subcutaneously without the use of a needle.

(Needle Free Injection, NCI Thesaurus)

You must know, with your wide experience of turf matters, Colonel Ross, that it is possible to make a slight nick upon the tendons of a horse’s ham, and to do it subcutaneously, so as to leave absolutely no trace.

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

A small sterile solid mass consisting of a highly purified drug (with or without excipients) made by the formation of granules, or by compression and molding; they are intended for implantation in the body (usually subcutaneously) for the purpose of providing continuous release of the drug over long periods of time.

(Implantable Pellet Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)