How to Use subcutaneous in a Sentence

subcutaneous

adjective
  • One of the easiest and safest ways to apply peptides for research is the subcutaneous route.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Past a certain point, the body diverts blood flow to the subcutaneous layer beneath the skin, where the body’s heat can radiate out into the air.
    Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 23 June 2021
  • These drugs are given with a subcutaneous injection pen that’s administered once a week (on the same day of the week).
    Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 20 Jan. 2024
  • Younger women tend to store fat between muscle and skin — what’s known as subcutaneous fat.
    Stacey Burling, Philly.com, 19 Apr. 2018
  • There are two main types of fat: visceral and subcutaneous.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2022
  • These shots need to go in through your skin, through your subcutaneous fat, and then into the underlying muscle.
    James Heathers, The Atlantic, 3 June 2021
  • This loosens the uppermost layers of skin, the subcutaneous fat tissue and scales and allows them to flake off easily.
    The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 13 Feb. 2017
  • Deep body fat is a health risk for several reasons and is much more damaging to health than subcutaneous fat.
    Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Females also tend to store much of their body fat directly beneath the skin (subcutaneous fat) which is not as dangerous to health.
    Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The damage to Dean’s leg penetrated through all the layers of skin and subcutaneous fat, but stopped at the membrane that encases his thigh muscle.
    Andy Marso, kansascity.com, 10 May 2017
  • Which is to say, the two-thirds of Americans who’ve taken at least one vaccine dose needn’t worry about acquiring a subcutaneous glow.
    Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2021
  • This is in contrast to the tendency of younger women to deposit more fat directly beneath the skin (subcutaneous fat) which makes women softer to the touch.
    Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 3 Nov. 2022
  • The most popular kind of face-lift is known as the SMAS, which stands for subcutaneous muscular aponeurosis system.
    Jessica Matlin, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 Nov. 2021
  • These injections also leave longer-lasting scars than the subcutaneous shots, so many people didn't want to receive them.
    Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Here's what to know In contrast to the way men tend to store body fat, women can store lots of fat directly beneath the skin (subcutaneous fat) and below the waist, on the hips, thighs, and buttocks with little or no damage to health.
    Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 1 June 2023
  • With its autonomous technology, EON is able to get subcutaneous fat hot while keeping the skin in the treatment area cool.
    Meggen Harris, Forbes, 16 June 2022
  • Ocular or uveal melanoma is a type of cancer that’s related to subcutaneous melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer.
    Amanda MacMillan, Health.com, 1 May 2018
  • After myriad tests and no sign of subcutaneous insects, his doctors seemed to have given up.
    National Geographic, 22 June 2018
  • To understand this relationship, the researchers measured fat on the surface of the skin (subcutaneous fat) and within the body (visceral fat).
    Jon Goodwin, Discover Magazine, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Generally, these medicines are injected once a week into the subcutaneous fat below the skin in areas like the belly and upper thigh.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
  • In fact, subcutaneous injection didn’t reduce the risk of brain bleeding and swelling associated with the drug.
    Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Body Fat: This is your total body fat including both subcutaneous and visceral body fat.
    Caroline Thomason, Health, 14 June 2023
  • Love handles are what most people commonly call the bundle of subcutaneous fat that lies just above your pant line, sitting directly under the skin.
    Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Currently, subcutaneous Leqembi is in the experimental phase and has not yet been approved by the FDA.
    Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Use and maintaining your diet will help uncover them from a layer of subcutaneous fat.
    Luke O'Neil, Esquire, 17 Jan. 2018
  • To break this down a bit more, Dr. Peralta-Reich says there are two distinct categories of fat: subcutaneous and visceral.
    Andi Breitowich, Women's Health, 31 Aug. 2023
  • That's called subcutaneous fat, which doesn't affect hormones.
    Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 23 Sep. 2020
  • The maximum volume for subcutaneous injections for humans (like those given to McHugh’s mice) is 1.5 milliliters.
    WIRED, 26 June 2023
  • Although Richards didn’t mention any pain, Jane Barton wrote a prescription for high-dosage opioids and gave Richards a subcutaneous infusion.
    Rupert Darwall, WSJ, 4 July 2018
  • In the above scenario, if the patient had a fever the likely diagnosis would be cellulitis, but if the patient suffered a motor vehicle accident the subcutaneous edema would likely be from a contusion.
    Omer Awan, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2024

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