Transcutaneous

Definition: Transcutaneous

Transcutaneous

Adjective

1. (pharmacology) through the unbroken skin (refers to medications applied directly to the skin (creams or ointments) or in time-release forms (skin patches)); "transdermal estrogen"; " percutaneous absorption".

Specialty Definition: Transcutaneous

Domain	Definition
Health	Transdermal. (references)
Medicine	Through unbroken skin, as in absorption. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Transcutaneous

Synonyms: percutaneous (adj), transdermal (adj), transdermic (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Transcutaneous

Specialty definitions using "transcutaneous": Infusion Pumps, Implantable. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Transcutaneous

Domain	Title
Books	Clinical Oxygen Pressure Measurement: Tissue Oxygen Pressure and Transcutaneous Oxygen Pressure (reference) Clinical Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (reference) Continuous Transcutaneous Blood Gas Monitoring (reference) Pain Control With Transcutaneous Electrical Neuro Stimulation (T.E.N.S.) (reference) Relief of Pain by Tens: Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Transcutaneous

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		The doctor may also prescribe a therapy known as transcutaneous electronic nerve stimulations (TENS). (references)
		In a transcutaneous system, the skin is intact and the coupling is done electromagnetically to an implanted antenna. (references)
		Implants that use transcutaneous connectors contain an implanted magnet and some ferrous materials that are incompatible with the high magnetic fields of an MRI scanner. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Transcutaneous

"Transcutaneous" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Transcutaneous" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	5	157,705

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Transcutaneous

Expression using "transcutaneous": Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Transcutaneous

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation	18
transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulator	14
transcutaneous	12
pacing transcutaneous	7
transcutaneous nerve stimulation	4
transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Transcutaneous

Language		Translations for "transcutaneous"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		transkutan (through the skin). (various references)

Dutch		transcutaan, percutaan (percutaneous). (various references)

Finnish		transkutaaninen, transdermaalinen, perkutaaninen. (various references)

French		transcutané, transcutané/transdermique. (various references)

German		transkutan. (various references)

Greek		διαδερμικός (percutaneous), διαδερματικός. (various references)

Italian		transdermico, transcutaneo, percutaneo (percutaneous). (various references)

Pig Latin		anscutaneoustray

Portuguese		transcutâneo. (various references)

Spanish		transcutáneo. (various references)

Swedish		transdermal administrering (transcutaneous administration, transcutaneous delivery, transdermal administration, transdermal delivery). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Transcutaneous

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
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	-3 letters: unsaturates.
	-4 letters: astronauts, courtesans, turnstones, unsaturate.
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	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-n-n-o-r-s-s-t-t-u-u"
	+4 letters: counteraccusations.
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