transdermal.

Passing or acting across the skin, especially through absorption.

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Words that belong together

• transdermal delivery
• transdermal passage

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The patch used transdermal delivery rather than an injection.

The study measured transdermal passage of the compound.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Relational adjective; comparative and superlative normally not used. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.