How to Use subcutaneous in a Sentence

subcutaneous

adjective
  • Fat stored beneath the skin and above the layer of muscle is called subcutaneous fat.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
  • Ahn says all of those are signs that their subcutaneous fat tissue was much healthier.
    — Maria Godoy, NPR, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Younger women tend to store fat between muscle and skin — what’s known as subcutaneous fat.
    — Stacey Burling, Philly.com, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Deep body fat is a health risk for several reasons and is much more damaging to health than subcutaneous fat.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 30 Sep. 2021
  • That's called subcutaneous fat, which doesn't affect hormones.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 23 Sep. 2020
  • One of the easiest and safest ways to apply peptides for research is the subcutaneous route.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
  • These shots need to go in through your skin, through your subcutaneous fat, and then into the underlying muscle.
    — James Heathers, The Atlantic, 3 June 2021
  • The job market is a complex system, with many subcutaneous factors.
    — Eli Amdur, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025
  • These drugs are given with a subcutaneous injection pen that’s administered once a week (on the same day of the week).
    — Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 20 Jan. 2024
  • After myriad tests and no sign of subcutaneous insects, his doctors seemed to have given up.
    — National Geographic, 22 June 2018
  • Use and maintaining your diet will help uncover them from a layer of subcutaneous fat.
    — Luke O'Neil, Esquire, 17 Jan. 2018
  • These injections also leave longer-lasting scars than the subcutaneous shots, so many people didn't want to receive them.
    — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Wegovy comes in the form of a once-weekly subcutaneous injection given under the skin and a once-daily oral tablet.
    — Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • Females also tend to store much of their body fat directly beneath the skin (subcutaneous fat) which is not as dangerous to health.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Past a certain point, the body diverts blood flow to the subcutaneous layer beneath the skin, where the body’s heat can radiate out into the air.
    — Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 23 June 2021
  • The Jynneos vaccine is given as two subcutaneous injections one month apart.
    — Judy Stone, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Ocular or uveal melanoma is a type of cancer that’s related to subcutaneous melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer.
    — Amanda MacMillan, Health.com, 1 May 2018
  • Love handles are what most people commonly call the bundle of subcutaneous fat that lies just above your pant line, sitting directly under the skin.
    — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Which is to say, the two-thirds of Americans who’ve taken at least one vaccine dose needn’t worry about acquiring a subcutaneous glow.
    — Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2021
  • That’s because if a person gains fat and the body can’t store it in subcutaneous fat cells, it gets stored as a more dangerous type of adipose tissue called visceral fat.
    — Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2024
  • In fact, subcutaneous injection didn’t reduce the risk of brain bleeding and swelling associated with the drug.
    — Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 3 Nov. 2023
  • This means freezing methods can be applied at skin level to destroy underlying subcutaneous fat while not harming the skin.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Anger with influencers who pretend their enviable physiques are the result of hard work, not a subcutaneous injection, is also rife.
    — Beth Teitell, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The scans revealed details about their hearts, blood vessels, and distribution of both visceral and subcutaneous fat.
    — Kristen Fischer, Health, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Generally, these medicines are injected once a week into the subcutaneous fat below the skin in areas like the belly and upper thigh.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
  • One catch is that the subcutaneous, or under the skin, injection of the drug in the abdominal area leaves a small deposit that can be visible among those with low body fat.
    — Benjamin Ryan, NBC News, 12 Sep. 2024
  • This is in contrast to the tendency of younger women to deposit more fat directly beneath the skin (subcutaneous fat) which makes women softer to the touch.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 3 Nov. 2022
  • The approval would allow patients to eventually switch to that subcutaneous form of the drug as a maintenance dose of Leqembi.
    — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2024
  • Fracture blisters are more likely to form where the skin attaches more tightly to the bone in areas of the body with minimal subcutaneous fat, such as the elbow, foot, or wrist.
    — Laura Schober, Health, 27 Dec. 2024
  • The damage to Dean’s leg penetrated through all the layers of skin and subcutaneous fat, but stopped at the membrane that encases his thigh muscle.
    — Andy Marso, kansascity.com, 10 May 2017

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