Ĕn'der-măt'ic or En-dẽrm'ic, a.

a. [Gr. ἐν, in, and δέρμα, the skin.] (Med.) Through the skin, or applied directly to the skin.

Endermic method, that in which the medicine enters the system through the skin, being applied either to the sound skin, or the surface denuded of the cuticle by a blister.