{ } a. Of or pertaining to the blastoderm. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Relating to the derm or skin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) Pertaining to the dermis; dermal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Underneath each nail the deep or dermic layer of the integument is peculiarly modified. Huxley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dermic remedies (Med.), such as act through the skin. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Biol.) Of or relating to the ectoderm. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; in + &unr_; skin. ] (Med.) Acting through the skin, or by direct application to the skin. [ 1913 Webster ]

Endermic method, that in which the medicine enters the system through the skin, being applied either to the sound skin, or to the surface denuded of the cuticle by a blister. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By the endermic method; as, applied endermically. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to the endoderm. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. en- (Gr. &unr_;) + epidermic. ] (Med.) Applied to the skin without friction; -- said of medicines.

{ } a. (Biol.) Relating to the entoderm. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. épidermique. ] Epidermal; connected with the skin or the bark. [ 1913 Webster ]

Epidermic administration of medicine (Med.), the application of medicine to the skin by friction. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Epidermal. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Relating to homodermy; originating from the same germ layer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Hypoderma. ] Of or pertaining to the parts under the skin. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hypodermic medication, the application of remedies under the epidermis, usually by means of a small syringe, called the hypodermic syringe.

-- Hyp`o*der"mic*al*ly adv. [1913 Webster]

n. A hypodermic needle{ 2 }. [ PJC ]

n. 1. A small slender hollow metallic tube, sharp-pointed at one end and fitted at the other end with an adapter of larger internal diameter, designed for introduction of liquids directly into the bloodstream or other parts of the body of an animal. [ PJC ]

2. a hypodermic needle{ 1 } together with an attached syringe. [ PJC ]

n. a small syringe designed for use together with a hypodermic needle{ 1 } for injection of liquids directly under the skin, or into other parts of the body of an animal. [ PJC ]

adj. same as intradermal.
Syn. -- intradermal, intracutaneous. [ PJC ]

a. Same as Mesodermal. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } (Zool.) (a) Having the integument, or skin, hard, or covered with hard plates. (b) Of or pertaining to the Sclerodermata. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. taxidermique. ] Of or pertaining to the art of preparing and preserving the skins of animals. [ 1913 Webster ]