Hypodermic
adjective
Something that's put under the skin, especially for medical treatment.
He received a hypodermic injection of insulin.
Often appears as...
- hypodermic needle
- hypodermic injection
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A small device with a thin, sharp point used to put drugs or other substances directly under the skin.
The doctor used a hypodermic to administer the vaccine.
Often appears as...
- hypodermic for injection
- hypodermic for vaccination
adjective
Something that's put under the skin, especially for medical treatment.
He received a hypodermic injection of insulin.
Often appears as...
- hypodermic needle
- hypodermic injection
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A small device with a thin, sharp point used to put drugs or other substances directly under the skin.
The doctor used a hypodermic to administer the vaccine.
Often appears as...
- hypodermic for injection
- hypodermic for vaccination
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Context
Used in healthcare settings, describes where injections are given.
The nurse gave me a hypodermic shot for my allergy.
Pro Tip 2/3Technical Term
Considered a technical term, might not be commonly understood outside medical discussions.
During the lecture, the professor explained hypodermic drug delivery.
Pro Tip 3/3Associated Discomfort
Often associated with discomfort or slight pain due to its nature of being under the skin.
I felt a bit anxious about the hypodermic procedure.
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implantinjectorintravenousneedlepipetteshootsubcutaneoussyringe
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Video examples
Tiny robots with giant...
So if you look at the movie on the left, that's some robots in water. I'm going to come along with a pipette, and I can vacuum them all up. Now when you inject the robots back out of that pipette, they're just fine. In fact, these robots are so small, they're small enough to pass through the thinnest hypodermic needle
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The power of venom --...
and other snails. And the venom of these snails, it's not just one thing, it's actually a cocktail of toxic molecules that are packaged and delivered through a false tooth called a radula. You can think of the radulas as hypodermic needles. Now, no need to worry, these snails are practicing good needle habits,
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Sir David Attenborough...
few drops at a time from a hypodermic syringe as they're doing here when they were first born their coats were merely furry but now after a week the bristles are already beginning to thicken into a tiny spines we had to go to their main laboratories in the capital tanner
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Encountering a Deadly...
They have hinging, venomous, hypodermic needles. And those hypodermic needles, those fangs, are hooked up to venom sacs in the back of its head. And that venom is likely to be some of the most powerful in the world. I need to be incredibly cautious.
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City Overrun by Snakes PIPE...
can show them to you the puff adder stores its fangs flat against the roof of its mouth but when it's time for action they unfold on tiny hinges the fangs are hollow and inject their venom like hypodermic needles now you can see
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World's Biggest Spider...
this dark part of the Kelly's radical Israel fund which works like a hypodermic needle to inject the venom in their preys the digestion of their prey is actually started externally spiders cannot ingest solid items they have to
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Platypus Parts PIPE...
their lethal daggers most frequently during mating season fending off rivals and showing their dominance these dueling weapons make them one of the only venomous mammals on earth the spur works like a hypodermic needle
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The Ebola Outbreak of...
The researchers might not have known what this new virus was, but they learned how it spread so quickly. Medical supplies were so scarce here that the Belgian nurses had resorted to reusing hypodermic needles.
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The Dangers of Being a...
The poison jets from hypodermic fangs. The lions are lucky, one drop in the eye would blind them for life.
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Best Lion Moments: Part...
weapon spits the poison jets from hypodermic
Video examples
Tiny robots with giant...
So if you look at the movie on the left, that's some robots in water. I'm going to come along with a pipette, and I can vacuum them all up. Now when you inject the robots back out of that pipette, they're just fine. In fact, these robots are so small, they're small enough to pass through the thinnest hypodermic needle
Video examples
The power of venom --...
and other snails. And the venom of these snails, it's not just one thing, it's actually a cocktail of toxic molecules that are packaged and delivered through a false tooth called a radula. You can think of the radulas as hypodermic needles. Now, no need to worry, these snails are practicing good needle habits,
Video examples
Sir David Attenborough...
few drops at a time from a hypodermic syringe as they're doing here when they were first born their coats were merely furry but now after a week the bristles are already beginning to thicken into a tiny spines we had to go to their main laboratories in the capital tanner
Video examples
Encountering a Deadly...
They have hinging, venomous, hypodermic needles. And those hypodermic needles, those fangs, are hooked up to venom sacs in the back of its head. And that venom is likely to be some of the most powerful in the world. I need to be incredibly cautious.
Video examples
City Overrun by Snakes PIPE...
can show them to you the puff adder stores its fangs flat against the roof of its mouth but when it's time for action they unfold on tiny hinges the fangs are hollow and inject their venom like hypodermic needles now you can see
Video examples
World's Biggest Spider...
this dark part of the Kelly's radical Israel fund which works like a hypodermic needle to inject the venom in their preys the digestion of their prey is actually started externally spiders cannot ingest solid items they have to
Video examples
Platypus Parts PIPE...
their lethal daggers most frequently during mating season fending off rivals and showing their dominance these dueling weapons make them one of the only venomous mammals on earth the spur works like a hypodermic needle
Video examples
The Ebola Outbreak of...
The researchers might not have known what this new virus was, but they learned how it spread so quickly. Medical supplies were so scarce here that the Belgian nurses had resorted to reusing hypodermic needles.
Video examples
The Dangers of Being a...
The poison jets from hypodermic fangs. The lions are lucky, one drop in the eye would blind them for life.
Video examples
Best Lion Moments: Part...
weapon spits the poison jets from hypodermic
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Martin H. Fischer
American Physicist
A man who cannot work without his hypodermic needle is a poor doctor. The amount of narcotic you use is inversely proportional to your skill.
Quote examples
Martin H. Fischer
American Physicist
A man who cannot work without his hypodermic needle is a poor doctor. The amount of narcotic you use is inversely proportional to your skill.
Example 1 of 1
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