Of a process or a procedure, esp. the administration of a drug: taking place or performed under the skin or in the subcutis. Also: used in such a…

That acts on the skin, or by penetrating beneath the skin. endermic method (see quot. 1829).

= hypodermic, adj. Also as n. = hypodermic injection.

Medicine. Pertaining to the use of medical remedies introduced beneath the skin of the patient; esp. in hypodermic injection, the introduction of…