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SUBCUTANEOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or located below the epidermis
Example:
subcutaneous implant
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
skin (a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch)
Context examples:
Upon subcutaneous administration, IFN-a2b binds to specific interferon cell-surface receptors.
(PEG-Proline-Interferon Alfa-2b, NCI Thesaurus)
Upon subcutaneous administration, pegylated recombinant human interleukin-10 AM0010 may activate cell-mediated immunity against cancer cells by stimulating the differentiation and expansion of tumor specific cytotoxic CD8+ T cells.
(Pegylated Recombinant Human Interleukin-10 AM0010, NCI Thesaurus)
The majority of cases develop in the subcutaneous tissues usually in the lower extremities and present as slow growing masses.
(Pleomorphic Hyalinizing Angiectatic Tumor of Soft Parts, NCI Thesaurus)
In addition, adipsin levels correlated with the amount of subcutaneous fat, which is stored just under the skin, rather than visceral fat, stored within the abdomen.
(New Potential Approach Found to Type 2 Diabetes Treatment, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Most patients present with painless swelling in the subcutaneous or subfascial soft tissues of the extremities.
(Parachordoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Inflammation of the subcutaneous adipose tissue.
(Panniculitis, NCI Thesaurus)
It usually presents as nodular masses in the dermis and subcutaneous tissues or in the tendons and fascia.
(Distal-Type Epithelioid Sarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
The lesion is usually a solitary deep dermal or subcutaneous tumor 3-30 mm in diameter, situated in the head, neck, or upper extremity.
(Pilomatricoma, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
The tumor diffusely infiltrates the dermis and the subcutaneous tissues.
(Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans, NCI Thesaurus)
This syndrome may be seen in patients with liver metastases and it is characterized by excessive secretion of lipase in the serum, polyarthralgia, and subcutaneous fat necrosis.
(Pancreatic Acinar Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
