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INTRAMUSCULAR

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Within a muscle

Example:

an intramuscular injection

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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

muscle (one of the contractile organs of the body)

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 Context examples: 

Uptake and distribution after epidural administration resembles that seen after intramuscular injection.

(Epidural Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon intramuscular administration, the Ad5-hGCC-PADRE vaccine expresses hGCC, which may induce both humoral and cellular immune responses against tumor cells expressing the hGCC antigen.

(Adenovirus 5-Human Guanylyl Cyclase C-PADRE Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Administered via intramuscular electroporation, HPV DNA plasmids therapeutic vaccine VGX-3100 expresses E6 and E7 proteins, which may elicit a cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) response against cervical cancer cells expressing E6 and E7 proteins, resulting in tumor cell lysis.

(HPV DNA Plasmids Therapeutic Vaccine VGX-3100, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon intramuscular vaccination, amolimogene bepiplasmid may elicit the host immune system to mount a cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) response against tumor cells positive for HPV-16 and -18 E6 and E7 and may result in a reduction in tumor cell growth.

(Amolimogene Bepiplasmid, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called intramuscular.

(IM, NCI Dictionary)