percutaneous

American  

[pur-kyoo-tey-nee-uhs] / ˌpɜr kyuˈteɪ ni əs /

adjective

1. administered, removed, or absorbed by way of the skin, as an injection, needle biopsy, or transdermal drug.

---

percutaneous British  

/ ˌpɜːkjʊˈteɪnɪəs /

adjective

1. med effected through the skin, as in the absorption of an ointment

---

Etymology

Origin of percutaneous

First recorded in 1885–90; per- + cutaneous

Example Sentences

Miles, 32, had the percutaneous surgery after consulting with the team’s new medical and performance executive, Daniel Medina.

From Washington Post • Jul. 25, 2019

The introduction of a technique known as percutaneous coronary intervention to treat heart attacks - by widening the arteries using a small tube called a stent - has also improved survival rates.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2018

One reason is that percutaneous interventions – less-invasive procedures to place tiny stents along the arteries – are often done instead.

From US News • Jan. 23, 2015

Everyone knows that if you tried it in real life, you would be on the phone the next day booking percutaneous disk surgery.

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2014

Field of Application of Percutaneous Tuberculin Test: The percutaneous tuberculin test fails in a large proportion of tuberculosis cases.

From Nurses' Papers on Tuberculosis : read before the Nurses' Study Circle of the Dispensary Department, Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium by Various