SUBCUTANEOUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does subcutaneous mean? 

• SUBCUTANEOUS (adjective)
  The adjective SUBCUTANEOUS has 1 sense:

1. relating to or located below the epidermis

  Familiarity information: SUBCUTANEOUS used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBCUTANEOUS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or located below the epidermis

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

hypodermic; subcutaneous

Context example:

subcutaneous implant

Pertainym:

skin (a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch)

 Context examples 

A morphologic finding indicating that the cutaneous melanoma has invaded the subcutaneous tissue.

(Clark Level V, NCI Thesaurus)

The cellular infiltrate often extends into the subcutaneous tissue.

(Cellular Blue Nevus, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon subcutaneous administration, non-small cell lung cancer mRNA-derived vaccine CV9201 may stimulate the immune system to mount a cytotoxic, antigen-specific T lymphocyte response (CTL) against NSCLC cells.

(Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer mRNA-Derived Vaccine CV9201, NCI Thesaurus)

Melanoma that has spread down into the subcutaneous tissue (tissue beneath the skin).

(Clark Level V, NCI Dictionary)

Upon subcutaneous administration, elsiglutide, a 39 amino acid polypeptide, binds to GLP-2 receptors and thereby promotes proliferation of epithelial cells.

(Elsiglutide, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon subcutaneous administration, CXCR4 inhibitor LY2510924 binds to the chemokine receptor CXCR4, thereby preventing CXCR4 binding to its ligand, stromal derived factor-1 (SDF-1), and subsequent receptor activation.

(CXCR4 Peptide Antagonist LY2510924, NCI Thesaurus)

In humans they penetrate the intestinal wall and invade subcutaneous tissue, brain, eye, muscle, heart, liver, lung, and peritoneum.

(Cysticercosis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Upon subcutaneous administration, CMVpp65-A*0201 peptide vaccine may stimulate a cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response against CMV-positive cells, resulting in cell lysis.

(CMVpp65-A*0201 Peptide Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

It occurs more frequently in younger individuals as a painful subcutaneous nodule, often on the arms.

(Angiolipoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon repeated subcutaneous administration of the vaccine, autologous GM-CSF-secreting breast cancer cells secrete GM-CSF, which may stimulate a tumor-specific cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) response.

(Autologous GM-CSF-Secreting Breast Cancer Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)