The gluteal region is often the preferred site for intramuscular injections because the muscles in this region are dense.
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Intramuscular
Synonyms for "intramuscular"
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18 translations across 16 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- intramuscular adj (inside a muscle)
Czech
2 entries- intramuskulární adj (inside a muscle)
- nitrosvalový adj (inside a muscle)
Danish
1 entries- intramuskulær adj (inside a muscle)
Dutch
1 entries- intramusculair adj (inside a muscle)
Finnish
2 entries- intramuskulaarinen adj (inside a muscle)
- lihaksensisäinen adj (inside a muscle)
French
1 entries- intramusculaire adj (inside a muscle)
Greek
1 entries- ενδομυϊκός adj (inside a muscle)
Hungarian
1 entries- intramuszkuláris adj (inside a muscle)
Interlingua
1 entries- intramuscular adj (inside a muscle)
Italian
1 entries- intramuscolare adj (inside a muscle)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- intramuskulær adj (inside a muscle)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- intramuskulær adj (inside a muscle)
Portuguese
1 entries- intramuscular adj (inside a muscle)
Russian
1 entries- внутримы́шечный adj (inside a muscle)
Spanish
1 entries- intramuscular adj (inside a muscle)
Swedish
1 entries- intramuskulär adj (inside a muscle)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Do you know how to give yourself an intramuscular injection?
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Intramuscular injections are administered at a 90-degree angle to the skin, preferably into the anterolateral aspect of the thigh or the deltoid muscle of the upper arm, depending on the age of the patient.
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