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Definition of percutaneous adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

percutaneous

adjective
 
/ˌpɜːkjuːˈteɪniəs/
 
/ˌpɜːrkjuːˈteɪniəs/
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  1. made or done through the skin
    • a percutaneous injection
    Word Originlate 19th cent.: from Latin per cutem ‘through the skin’ + -aneous.
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