sublingual

IPA: sʌbɫˈɪŋgwʌɫ

(herpetology) A particular scale near the front of the lower jaw in snakes, usually in a pair.

Examples of "sublingual" in Sentences

Intermezzo is a sublingual, smaller-dose formulation of zolpidem.
WHITE: There's a lot of work that's being done with what we call sublingual immunotherapy.
It was looking at an alternative to allergy shots to build up an immunity against ragweed called sublingual immunotherapy.
Allergists, pediatric allergists as well as specialists that offer alternative allergy treatments such as sublingual allergy serum drops.
So researchers have been testing needle-free alternatives, either in a daily tablet or as drops left under the tongue, which patients can self-administer at home -- so-called sublingual immunotherapy.
"If you give her a Nexium, then you're responsible if she has a heart attack," said the attendant, breaking out uncoated aspirin and sublingual nitroglycerin, which dissolves under your tongue and dilates the blood vessels so there's more blood flow going to the heart, relieving angina.