Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subcutaneously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.06 in modern English

Syllables: sub-cu-ta-neous-ly
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Under the cutaneous layer of the skin.

Example Sentences

"The injection was given subcutaneously, which should have hurt less than intramuscularly but still hurt a great deal."
"In addition, 0.5 ml of 1% lidocaine HCl was injected subcutaneously in the postauricular area for local anesthesia."

Etymology

Etymology tree English subcutaneous Middle English -ly English -ly English subcutaneously From subcutaneous + -ly.

Questions

What does subcutaneously mean?: Under the cutaneous layer of the skin.
Where does subcutaneously come from?: Etymology tree English subcutaneous Middle English -ly English -ly English subcutaneously From subcutaneous + -ly.

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