Meaning & use
intramuscular
Located within, or administered directly into, a muscle.
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The nurse gave the flu vaccine as an intramuscular injection in the arm.
Intramuscular medications often act faster than pills taken by mouth.
A note on using this word
Commonly abbreviated IM in medical settings, describing injections given into muscle tissue.
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