ENDERMIC

endermic, endermatic

(adjective) acting by absorption through the skin; “endermic ointment”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

endermic (not comparable)

(medicine) Acting through the skin, or by direct application to the skin.

Source: Wiktionary


En*der"mic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Med.)

Definition: Acting through the skin, or by direct application to the skin. 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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CATCH

(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”


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