hypodermatic, a.
(ˌhɪpəʊ-, ˌhaɪpəʊdəˈmætɪk)
[f. hypo- 2 + dermatic. (Cf. Gr. ὑποδερµατῖτις name of a disease.)]
= hypodermic. Also as n. = hypodermic injection.
| 1855 in Mayne Expos. Lex. 1876 Bartholow Mat. Med. (1879) 11 In practising the hypodermatic injection. 1888 Med. News (U.S.) 17 Mar. 293, I again administered the hypodermatic of morphia. |
Hence hypoderˈmatically adv.
| 1888 Med. News (U.S.) 10 Mar. 273 It is..impossible to use the bichloride hypodermatically about the legs without producing abcesses. |