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Definition: Transdermal |
TransdermalAdjective1. (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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | Entering through the dermis, or skin, as in administration of a drug applied to the skin in ointment or patch form. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: TransdermalSynonyms: percutaneous (adj), transcutaneous (adj), transdermic (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Transdermal |
| English words defined with "transdermal": Catapres, clonidine. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "transdermal": Biopsy, Needle. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Transdermal" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (through the skin, transdermal), German (transdermal). |
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Health | The transdermal nicotine patch or nicotine gum reduces symptoms of withdrawal, producing better initial abstinence. (references) | |
Nicotine replacement therapies, such as nicotine gum, the transdermal patch, nasal spray, and inhaler, have been approved for use in the United States. (references) | ||
In 1991-1992, FDA approved four transdermal nicotine patches, two of which became over-the-counter products in 1996, thus meeting the needs of many additional tobacco users. (references) | ||
Business | Sintong Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd., with paid-up capital of NTD 250 million, was set up in 1962 for the production of transdermal delivery drugs, cephalosporanic bulk, and multichannel bioanalyzers. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Transdermal" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Transdermal" is used about 3 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% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "transdermal": Alora Transdermal ♦ Climara Transdermal ♦ Esclim Transdermal ♦ Estraderm Transdermal ♦ Vivelle Transdermal. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "transdermal": Transdermal-NTG. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "transdermal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | transdermal (through the skin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | transdermaal (through the skin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | lääkkeiden anto ihon läpi (transdermal system), lääkkeen anto ihon läpi (transcutaneous administration, transcutaneous delivery, transdermal administration, transdermal delivery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | timbre transdermique (transdermal patch), emplâtre (transdermal patch), dispositif transdermique (transdermal system), administration transdermale (transcutaneous administration, transcutaneous delivery, transdermal administration, transdermal delivery), administration percutanée (transcutaneous administration, transcutaneous delivery, transdermal administration, transdermal delivery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | transdermal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | διαδερμική χορήγηση (transcutaneous administration, transcutaneous delivery, transdermal administration, transdermal delivery), διαδερματική χορήγηση (transcutaneous administration, transcutaneous delivery, transdermal administration, transdermal delivery), διαδερματική διάταξη (transdermal system). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | transdermale (through the skin), che passa attraverso la pelle. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ansdermaltray transdérmico. (various references) parche transdermico (transdermal patch), efecto transdérmico (transdermal system), administración percutánea (transcutaneous administration, transcutaneous delivery, transdermal administration, transdermal delivery). (various references) transdermal administrering (transcutaneous administration, transcutaneous delivery, transdermal administration, transdermal delivery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-l-m-n-r-r-s-t" | |
-2 letters: tradesman. | |
-3 letters: adrenals, alderman, asternal, dalesman, leadsman, mandates, mandrels, maternal, narrated, narrates, sarmenta, strander, talesman. | |
-4 letters: adrenal, alarmed, almners, anadems, ansated, antlers, armlets, armrest, arrased, arsenal, damners, darnels, darners, darters, dartles, dentals, errands, errants, erratas, laments, lamster, lanated, landers, larders, laterad, leadman, maenads, malates, maltase, malteds, mandate, mandrel, mansard, mantels, mantled, mantles, mantras. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 72 61 6E 73 64 65 72 6D 61 6C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- .-. .- -. ... -.. . .-. -- .- .-.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01110010 01100001 01101110 01110011 01100100 01100101 01110010 01101101 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T r a n s d e r m a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0072 0061 006E 0073 0064 0065 0072 006D 0061 006C |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5484678085707184796778 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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