subcutaneous

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   situated, occurring, or administered beneath the skin

   The nurse gave the patient a subcutaneous injection of morphine.

Common collocations

• subcutaneous injection Adjective + noun

From Latin subcutaneus, built from sub- ("under") + cutis ("skin") + the adjectival suffix -aneus. It entered medical English for structures, conditions, or treatments located beneath the skin.

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