subcutaneous

Located or placed just beneath the skin.

Situated beneath the skin, in general; subdermal; lying in the true skin or cutis, under the cuticle; subcuticular; placed or performed under the skin; hypodermic: as, a subcutaneous injection.

Fitted for use under the skin; hypodermic: as, a subcutaneous syringe; a subcutaneous saw.

Living under the skin; burrowing in the skin: as, a subcutaneous parasitic insect.

Situated under the skin; hypodermic.

an operation performed without opening that part of the skin opposite to, or over, the internal section.

Pertaining to the fatty layer under the skin.

relating to or located below the epidermis