a. [f. Gr. ἐν + δέρμ-α skin + -IC.] That acts on the skin, or by penetrating beneath the skin. Endermic method (see quot. 1831).
1831. J. Davies, Man. Mat. Med., 263. He administers it by the endermic method; that is, applied in the form of a salve on a part deprived of the epidermis.
1875. H. C. Wood, Therap. (1879), 21. The endermic method is very rarely employed.
