percutaneouslyadv.
/ˌpəːkjᵿˈteɪnɪəsli/, U.S. /ˌpərkjuˈteɪniəsli/ Chiefly Medicine.
Through the skin.
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percutaneously1882
intracutaneously1925
intradermally1926
1882 Brain 4 564 This is not strictly true of muscles directly excited (not percutaneously).
1902 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 12 Apr. 929 A man, who injected something into the larynx percutaneously.
1959 Danish Med. Bull. 6 194/1 A polyethylene catheter inserted percutaneously into the bladder.
1994 Guardian 24 Mar. ii. 12/1 By getting it [sc. mandrake or deadly nightshade] percutaneously into the bloodstream they were able to get quite good doses of these psycho-active substances right into their brains.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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