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subcutaneous

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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sub·cu·ta·ne·ous /ˌsʌbkjuːˈteɪniəs◂/ adjective technical  HBHbeneath your skin 皮下的 subcutaneous fat 皮下脂肪subcutaneously adverb
Examples from the Corpus
subcutaneousCellulite is excess subcutaneous fat - fat which lies just under the skin near the surface of the body.Joseph Harker Women have a layer of subcutaneous fat that provides them with better insulation than men.Mortality among streptokinase-treated patients was 8.3% for those who also received intravenous heparin and 9.0% for those receiving subcutaneous heparin.The few year-round species of high-arctic birds and mammals make good use of feathers, fur and subcutaneous insulation.A prickling sensation between my eyes made my nose run and white-hot adrenalin scalded the subcutaneous layer beneath my skin.Many patients habitually use one or two sites and develop hard subcutaneous plaques or disfiguring insulin hypertrophy.Ottervanger etal reported a myocardial infarction in a 47-year-old woman after subcutaneous sumatriptan.
Origin subcutaneous (1600-1700) Late Latin subcutaneus, from Latin sub- + cutis skin
skin Corpus your beneath


subcutaneous
subcutaneous /ˌsʌbkjuːˈteɪniəs◂/ adjective technical
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: Late Latin
 Origin: subcutaneus, from Latin sub- + cutis __skin__
beneath your skin:
    subcutaneous fat
—subcutaneously adverb


sub·cuta·ne·ousBrE /ˌsʌbkjuˈteɪniəs/ 🔊NAmE /ˌsʌbkjuˈteɪniəs/ 🔊 adjective [usually before noun] (specialist) under the skin 皮下的a subcutaneous injection皮下注射 sub·cuta·ne·ous·ly BrE /ˌsʌbkjuˈteɪniəsli/ 🔊NAmE /ˌsʌbkjuˈteɪniəsli/ 🔊 adverb