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percutaneous


Definition of percutaneous

adjective

Medicine
  • made, done, or effected through the skin: percutaneous needle biopsy

Derivatives

percutaneously

adverb

Origin:

late 19th century: from Latin per cutem 'through the skin' + -aneous

percutaneous in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of percutaneous in the US English dictionary