[ adj ] acting by absorption through the skin <adj.pert> endermic ointment
Endermic \En*der"mic\, a. [Gr. ? in + ? skin.] (Med.) Acting through the skin, or by direct application to the skin.
{Endermic method}, that in which the medicine enters the system through the skin, being applied either to the sound skin, or to the surface denuded of the cuticle by a blister.