subcutaneous

English

Etymology

From Latin subcutāneus, from sub- + cutis (“skin”) + adjectival suffix -āneus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʌbkjuːˈteɪnɪəs/

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• Rhymes: -eɪniəs, -eɪnɪəs

Adjective

subcutaneous (comparative more subcutaneous, superlative most subcutaneous)

1. Pertaining to the fatty layer under the skin.

Coordinate terms

• As routes of administration:
  • hypodermic (often synonymous)
  • intradermic
  • intramuscular
  • intravascular
  • intravenous

Derived terms

• subcutaneously
• subcutaneousness

Translations

pertaining to the fatty layer under the skin

Belarusian: падску́рны (padskúrny) Bulgarian: подко́жен (podkóžen) Catalan: subcutani Chinese: Mandarin: 皮下的 (zh) (píxià de) Czech: podkožní (cs) Danish: subkutan Dutch: onderhuids (nl), subcutaan (nl) Finnish: ihonalainen (fi), subkutaaninen (fi) French: sous-cutané (fr) German: subkutan (de) Greek: υποδόριος (el) (ypodórios) Hebrew: תת-עורי (thath-ori) Icelandic: húðbeðs- Irish: fo-chraicneach Italian: sottocutaneo (it) Japanese: 皮下の (ja) (ひかの, hika no) Korean: 피하의 (ko) (pihaui) Latin: intercus Macedonian: поткожен (potkožen) Norwegian: Bokmål: subkutan Nynorsk: subkutan Polish: podskórny (pl) Portuguese: subcutâneo (pt) Romanian: subcutanat (ro), subcutaneu (ro), subcutan Russian: подко́жный (ru) (podkóžnyj) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: по̀ткожан Roman: pòtkožan (sh) Slovak: podkožný (sk) Slovene: podkožen Spanish: subcutáneo (es) Swedish: subkutan (sv) Ukrainian: підшкі́рний (pidškírnyj) Welsh: isgroenol