TRANSDERMIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does transdermic mean? 

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

1. through the unbroken skin; refers to medications applied directly to the skin (creams or ointments) or in time-release forms (skin patches)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRANSDERMIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Through the unbroken skin; refers to medications applied directly to the skin (creams or ointments) or in time-release forms (skin patches)

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

percutaneous; transcutaneous; transdermal; transdermic

Context example:

percutaneous absorption

Domain category:

materia medica; pharmacological medicine; pharmacology (the science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects)

Pertainym:

dermis (the deep vascular inner layer of the skin)