hypodermic

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a piston syringe that is fitted with a hypodermic needle for giving injections
adjective relating to or located below the epidermis

From hypoderm + -ic.

“That’s only the hypodermic I use for my injections when I get neuralgia. — Unnatural death, Dorothy L. (Dorothy Leigh) Sayers
He leaned over the prostrate figure a moment, then disappeared into another room, returning with a hypodermic. — The problem of Cell 13, Jacques Futrelle
I bathed his face in oil, put cotton wadding on the raw surfaces, and administered a hypodermic of morphia. — The case-book of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle

hypodermic syringe, hypo

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