From Latinsubcutāneus, from sub- + cutis (“skin") + adjectival suffix -āneus.
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Subcutaneous Sentence Examples
The collapse must be treated with hot blankets and bottles, and subcutaneous injections of brandy, ether or strychnine.
If the injury be a small incised wound through the skin and subcutaneous tissues without any septic contamination, there usually follows a minimum of reaction on the part of the tissues.
In the wasting of the thyroid gland in myxoedema, or when the gland is completely removed by operation, myxomatous areas are found in the subcutaneous tissue of the skin, nerve-sheaths, &c.
She even caught herself touching her ear to keep from sliding her finger behind it to the subcutaneous net implant.
During its continuance fat is absorbed from the subcutaneous tissue, and patients become very much thinner, so that it not only lessens flatulence, but reduces obesity.