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intramuscular Definition

intra·mus·cu·lar (-muskyə lər)

adjective

located or injected within the substance of a muscle

intramuscular Related Forms
in′tra·mus·cu·larly adverb
intramuscular Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • injection: Each animal should be given 2 ml of vaccine by intramuscular injection.
  • morphine: For comparison, with 10 mg intramuscular morphine about 53 % of patients get more than 50 % pain relief.
  • administration: After intramuscular administration, a similar degree of red cell clearance was measured after 12 hours.
  • dose: Oral doses of glucosamine sulfate were 1.5 grams a day, and intramuscular doses were 400 mg twice or three times a week.
  • fat: Many carcass muscles may acquire appreciable amounts of intramuscular fat in older animals.
  • route: The intramuscular route seems more reliable than the oral route, for which, the dose range quoted in the literature is very wide.