En*der"mic (?), a. [Gr. in + skin.] Med.

Acting through the skin, or by direct application to the skin.

Endermic method, that in which the medicine enters the system through the skin, being applied either to the sound skin, or to the surface denuded of the cuticle by a blister.

 

© Webster 1913.

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