subcutaneous

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʌbkjuːˈteɪnɪəs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪniəs, -eɪnɪəs

Adjective

subcutaneous (comparative more subcutaneous, superlative most subcutaneous)

1. Pertaining to the fatty layer under the skin.
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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

  Latin: pòtkožan (sh)

• Slovak: podkožný (sk)
• Slovene: podkožen
• Spanish: subcutáneo (es)
• Swedish: subkutan (sv), underhuds-
• Ukrainian: підшкі́рний (pidškírnyj)
• Welsh: isgroenol