Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of or relating to the hypodermis.
  • adjective Lying below the epidermis.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as hypodermic.
  • noun In sponges, a hypodermale.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to the hypodermis
  • adjective Below the epidermis

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  • adjective of or relating to the hypodermis

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Examples

  • Its effects, rheumatic and neuralgic, may be judged by the fact that the doctors must walk about with pocketed squirts, for the hypodermal injection of opium.

    The Land of Midian 2003

  • Powerful muscles in jaws and neck forced the poison out through the hypodermal tube in the minidrag's mouth.

    Orphan Star Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1983

  • Powerful muscles in jaws and neck forced the poison out through the hypodermal tube in the minidrag's mouth.

    Orphan Star Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1977

  • Powerful muscles in jaws and neck forced the poison out through the hypodermal tube in the minidrag's mouth.

    Orphan Star Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1977

  • Powerful muscles in jaws and neck forced the poison out through the hypodermal tube in the minidrag's mouth.

    Orphan Star Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1977

  • In other words, the structural peculiarities of the gramineæ in these respects are due to the physical characteristics chiefly of the (lignified) cells of the hypodermal tissue, and to the composition and arrangement of the cells of the cuticle.

    Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 C. F. Cross

  • Its effects, rheumatic and neuralgic, may be judged by the fact that the doctors must walk about with pocketed squirts, for the hypodermal injection of opium.

    The Land of Midian — Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855

  • A cold laser permeates the hypodermal layer of the body without causing any consequential damage especially without tanning or burning.

    WN.com - Articles related to Scientists uncover mysterious workings of cholera bacteria 2010

  • A cold laser permeates the hypodermal layer of the body without causing any consequential damage especially without tanning or burning.

    WN.com - Articles related to Scientists uncover mysterious workings of cholera bacteria 2010

  • A cold laser permeates the hypodermal layer of the body without causing any consequential damage especially without tanning or burning.

    WN.com - Articles related to Scientists uncover mysterious workings of cholera bacteria 2010

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