Definitions

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

  • adjective Within or between the layers of the skin.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective relating to areas between the layers of the skin.

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  • adjective In medicine, injections or infusions fall into the parenteral category of drug/substance delivery methods. Intradermal means within, about, or below a dermal tissue layer (typically the skin)and describes the location of administration.

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  • adjective relating to areas between the layers of the skin

Etymologies

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From intra- +‎ dermal.

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Examples

  • The next step is to perform what's called intradermal testing, where we actually inject a tiny amount of the allergen under the skin and elicit a wheal-and-flare response, which basically means a reddening that indicates that you are allergic to those allergens.

    CNN Transcript Apr 16, 2005 2005

  • New this year is an intradermal flu vaccine, Fluzone Intradermal, which will be available for adults aged 18 through 64 years.

    CDC: Don't skip this year's flu shot 2011

  • Both patients described in cases 1 and 2 were treated with intradermal calcium gluconate injections and were pain free after treatment.

    Hydrofluoric Acid 2010

  • However, it may be considered when a patient does not respond to maximum intradermal calcium injections. 23

    Hydrofluoric Acid 2010

  • These include topical therapy, intradermal calcium injections and intraarterial calcium infusion.

    Hydrofluoric Acid 2010

  • New this year is an intradermal flu vaccine, Fluzone Intradermal, which will be available for adults aged 18 through 64 years.

    Study: Nearly 1 in 10 U.S. kids diagnosed with ADHD 2011

  • This method of treatment assures adequate delivery of calcium to all affected areas of the fingers and avoids pressure necrosis that may develop from intradermal injections of the fingers.

    Hydrofluoric Acid 2010

  • In fact, intradermal skin test reactivity to â-lactoglobulin – lactose conjugates has been shown to be 10 - to 100-fold increased compared with native â-lactoglobulin. 9 Furthermore, large complexes may be randomly distributed explaining why some lots of Advair contained larger amounts of milk proteins compared with others.

    Allegic Reactions from Lactose in Dry Powder Asthma Inhalers Steve Carper 2008

  • Robert Redford has intradermal nevi, Sarah Jessica Parker had a junctional nevus on her chin which recently was surgically removed, Cindy Crawford has a junctional nevus near her lip, and Marilyn Monroe had a very famous benign melanocytic nevus.

    Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

  • One type is a flat, dark brown spot (a benign melanocytic nevus), another is pigmented and slightly raised (a junctional nevus), and there are also flesh-colored bumpy moles (intradermal nevi).

    Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

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