Z-track
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Noun
- (medicine, often attributive) A technique for intramuscular injection that uses a zigzag path.
- 2004, Carol Taylor, Carol Lillis, Priscilla LeMone, Lippincott's Photo Atlas of Medication Administration, page 9:
- Beyea & Nicoll (1996) state that Z-track is the safest and most comfortable technique for giving any intramuscular injection.
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