endermic

/en'də:mik/

Thân thiện

An endermic ointment is applied to the skin for relief.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Acting through or upon the skin; intended to be absorbed through the skin: Describes a substance, especially a medicinal agent, whose method of application and effect involves penetration through the skin.

Usage

• The term is used primarily in medical and pharmacological contexts to describe treatments, such as ointments or plasters, designed to be absorbed through the skin to affect internal systems or treat underlying conditions.
• It is a technical term and is not commonly used in everyday conversation.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The doctor prescribed an endermic ointment for the muscle pain.
  • Some medications are administered via endermic methods to avoid the digestive system.

Advanced Usage

• "Endermic medication": A drug formulated for absorption through the skin.
  • Transdermal patches are a modern form of endermic medication.

Variants and Related Words

• Endermically (adverb): In an endermic manner; by absorption through the skin.

  • The drug is applied endermically.

• Transdermal (adjective): A more common modern synonym, meaning passing through the skin.

  • Nicotine transdermal patches help people quit smoking.

Synonyms

• Transdermal: Passing through the unbroken skin.
• Percutaneous: Performed or administered through the skin.
• Cutaneous: Relating to or affecting the skin (though this is more general and does not inherently imply absorption).

Antonyms

• Oral: Taken by mouth.
• Subcutaneous: Beneath the skin (injected).
• Intravenous: Within or into a vein.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. acting by absorption through the skin
   • endermic ointment

Từ đồng nghĩa

• endermatic