Intramuscular is an English word with synonyms like contractor. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Intramuscular meaning
Inside a muscle or the muscles.
Synonyms of Intramuscular
Using Intramuscular
- The main meaning on this page is: Inside a muscle or the muscles.
- Useful related words include: contractile organ, contractor.
- In the example corpus, intramuscular often appears in combinations such as: intramuscular injection, and intramuscular, intramuscular tendon.
Context around Intramuscular
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 5 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Intramuscular
- In this selection, "intramuscular" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 19.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, mcg, giving, given, injection, tendon and fat stand out and add context to how "intramuscular" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include avoid giving intramuscular formulation unless and by an intramuscular injection. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "intramuscular" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with intramuscular
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
If an antipsychotic is given, intramuscular haloperidol has been recommended. (10 words)
Intravenous and intramuscular drugs are eliminated by metabolic pathways in the liver. (12 words)
He also sits in the top 7 per cent for Intramuscular Fat (IMF). (13 words)
The microneedle treatment produced nine times the antibody level compared to intramuscular injections (e.g., used for flu shots) and 160 times the antibody level compared to subcutaneous injections (e.g., used for measles vaccines). (35 words)
Subcutaneous infusion, along with subcutaneous and intramuscular injection ( bolus administration), is often used in the patient's own home, in order to treat severe pain in terminal illness. (28 words)
Anticonvulsant effect: 10–20 µg/mL; Antiarrhythmic effect: 10–20 µg/mL * Avoid giving intramuscular formulation unless necessary due to skin cell death and local tissue destruction. (27 words)
Example sentences (14)
Reinjury rate was higher in cases with intramuscular tendon injury (38.5 percent) than cases without intramuscular tendon injury (12.5 percent).
He also sits in the top 7 per cent for Intramuscular Fat (IMF).
Naltrexone is an intramuscular and oral medication approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat both and alcohol use disorder in adults.
Intramuscular therapy leads to more rapid improvement and should be considered in patients with severe deficiency or severe neurologic symptoms.
The first five participants will be aged 18 to 40 years and will receive a single 20-microgram (mcg) intramuscular injection of the experimental vaccine.
The microneedle treatment produced nine times the antibody level compared to intramuscular injections (e.g., used for flu shots) and 160 times the antibody level compared to subcutaneous injections (e.g., used for measles vaccines).
Anticonvulsant effect: 10–20 µg/mL; Antiarrhythmic effect: 10–20 µg/mL * Avoid giving intramuscular formulation unless necessary due to skin cell death and local tissue destruction.
A test dose of 1–2 mg of intramuscular lorazepam will often result in marked improvement within half an hour.
If an antipsychotic is given, intramuscular haloperidol has been recommended.
In the United Kingdom, oxycodone is also approved for intravenous (IV) and intramuscular (IM) use.
Intramuscular administration is more effective in preventing late vitamin K deficiency bleeding than oral administration.
Intravenous and intramuscular drugs are eliminated by metabolic pathways in the liver.
Subcutaneous infusion, along with subcutaneous and intramuscular injection ( bolus administration), is often used in the patient's own home, in order to treat severe pain in terminal illness.
When used in the systemic therapy, IFNs are mostly administered by an intramuscular injection.
Common combinations with intramuscular
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- intramuscular injection 3×
- and intramuscular 3×
- intramuscular tendon 2×
- an intramuscular 2×