Dictionary entry

Hypodermic

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Hyp′o‐der″mic (?), a. [See Hypoderma.] Of or pertaining to the parts under the skin.

Hypodermic medication, the application of remedies under the epidermis, usually by means of a small syringe, called the hypodermic syringe.

— Hyp′o‐der″mic‐al‐ly (#), adv.