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US
/ˌhaɪpəˈdɝmɪk/
]
[ UK /hˌaɪpədˈɜːmɪk/ ]
[ UK /hˌaɪpədˈɜːmɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
relating to or located below the epidermis
hypodermic needle
subcutaneous implant
NOUN
- a piston syringe that is fitted with a hypodermic needle for giving injections
How To Use hypodermic In A Sentence
- The Company's flagship product, the Sharps Disposal by Mail System (R), is a cost-effective and easy-to-use solution to dispose of medical waste such as hypodermic needles, lancets and any other medical device or objects used to puncture or lacerate the skin (referred to as "sharps"). Undefined
- Rousing the man, I caused him to swallow some pints of warm water, and then I gave him a hypodermic injection of apomorphia. AN AUSTRALIAN IN CHINA
- ‘Clean it up,’ Zornitza snapped, reaching for her ampoule and hypodermic syringe.
- hypodermic needle
- The condition has been known to arise from injuries as diverse as frostbite, leg ulcers and punctures from hypodermic syringes.
- Today one can just use a needle and syringe to inject a drug into the bloodstream, but other means were needed in the days before hypodermics.
- Obviously, there is no such thing as a GPS transceiver that can be implanted with a hypodermic needle as a tiny microchip.
- He paid a $200 fine for possession of hypodermic syringes, needles, and other paraphernalia.
- Reaching into his pocket, he slipped out the hypodermic and, easing off the cap, sank the needle quickly into her femoral vein. COMPULSION
- ‘Empty,’ he sighed, nudging the hypodermic with his gun.