Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

transdermal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.23 in modern English

Syllables: trans-der-mal
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Through 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).

noun

A transdermal patch or implant.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- English derm English -al English dermal English transdermal From trans- + dermal.

Inflected Forms

transdermals (plural)

Derived Forms

transdermally

Phrases

transdermal implant transdermal patch

Frequently Paired Words

percutaneous

Synonyms

transcutaneous transdermic percutaneous

Questions

What does transdermal mean?: Through 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).
Where does transdermal come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- English derm English -al English dermal English transdermal From trans- + dermal.

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