Meanings
- not comparableThrough the unbroken skin (as for example with measurements of blood glucose level with an optical glucometer using photometry or of oxygen saturation via pulse oximetry).
Synonyms: transcutaneous
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveThrough the unbroken skin (as for example with measurements of blood glucose level with an optical glucometer using photometry or of oxygen saturation via pulse oximetry).
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivethrough the unbroken skin; refers to medications applied directly to the skin (creams or ointments) or in time-release forms (skin patches)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*térh₂t
- Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂ónts
- Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂n̥ts
- Proto-Italic*trāns
- Proto-Italic*trāns-
- Latintrans-
- Englishtrans-
- Englishderm
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishdermal
- Englishtransdermal
Translations
Finnish transdermaalinen
- transdermaalinenthrough unbroken skin
French transdermique
- transdermiquethrough unbroken skin
German transdermal, transkutan
- transdermalthrough unbroken skin
- transkutanthrough unbroken skin
Cite this entry
transdermal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transdermal
“transdermal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transdermal. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transdermal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transdermal.
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