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- adjective Subcutaneous.
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- adjective
subcutaneous
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I also discovered a cure for intercutaneous water in many who still survive.
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Interdermal (or intercutaneous) - injection of a needle (syringe) just beneath the outer layer of skin to check for local reactions
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The rest of the tree does indeed contain the like terebinthine sap, as appears (upon any slight incision of bark on the stem, or boughs) by a small crystalline pearl which will sweat out; but this, for being more watery and undigested, by reason of the porosity of the wood, which exposes it to the impressions of the air and wet, renders the tree more obnoxious; especially, if it lie prostrate with the bark on, which is a receptacle for a certain intercutaneous worm, that accelerates its decay.
Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees John Evelyn 1663
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