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percutaneous.

Taking place through the skin and involving a puncture thereof.

12 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/pɜːkjuːˈteɪnɪəs/UK
  1. Taking place through the skin and involving a puncture thereof.

    not-comparable
    percutaneous procedure
    percutaneous intervention
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Italic *per Latin perbor. Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Italic *peri- Latin per-bor. English per- English cutaneous English percutaneous From per- + cutaneous.

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