Meanings
- not comparableOf, or relating to the hypodermis, the layer beneath the dermis.
Which means that at the moment Raven entered her, a very small hypodermic needle slipped imperceptibly into the engorged frontal vein of his penis, automatically shooting a cocktail of powerful narcotics and depressants into his bloodstream.
1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 358
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiverelating to or located below the epidermis
nouna piston syringe that is fitted with a hypodermic needle for giving injections
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*upó
- Ancient Greekῠ̔πό (hŭpó)
- Ancient Greekὑπο- (hupo-)
- Englishhypo-
- Englishdermis
- Englishhypoderm
- Englishhypodermic
Translations
Bulgarian подкожен, подкожна инжекция
- подкожен (podkožen)under the dermis
- подкожна инжекция (podkožna inžekcija)a syringe
Catalan hipodèrmic
- hipodèrmicunder the dermis
Chinese Mandarin 皮下
- 皮下 (píxià)under the dermis
Dutch hypodermaal
- hypodermaalunder the dermis
Finnish ihonalaiskudos-, hypodermi-
- ihonalaiskudos-under the dermis
- hypodermi-under the dermis
French hypodermique
- hypodermiqueunder the dermis
German hypodermisch
- hypodermischunder the dermis
Icelandic undir húðinni, húðbeðs-
- undir húðinniunder the dermis
- húðbeðs-under the dermis
- stungulyfa syringe
- sprautaa syringe
Irish hipideirmeach, fodheirmeach
- hipideirmeachunder the dermis
- fodheirmeachunder the dermis
- instealladh hipideirmeacha syringe
- snáthaid hipideirmeacha syringe
Italian ipodermico
- ipodermicounder the dermis
Korean 피하
- 피하 (piha)under the dermis
Polish podskórny
- podskórnyunder the dermis
Portuguese hipodérmico
- hipodérmicounder the dermis
Romanian hipodermic
- hipodermicunder the dermis
Russian подко́жный
- подко́жный (podkóžnyj)under the dermis
Scottish Gaelic fo-chraicneach
- fo-chraicneachunder the dermis
Spanish hipodérmico
- hipodérmicounder the dermis
Swedish hypodermisk
- hypodermiskunder the dermis
Tagalog kubusbalatin
- kubusbalatinunder the dermis
Turkish hipodermik
- hipodermikunder the dermis
Welsh hypodermig, tangroenol
- hypodermigunder the dermis
- tangroenolunder the dermis
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with hypodermic
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hypodermic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypodermic
“hypodermic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypodermic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hypodermic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypodermic.
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