A dermal patch or skin patch is a medicated adhesive patch that is placed on the skin to deliver a medication into the skin. This is in contrast to a transdermal patch, which delivers the medication through the skin and into the bloodstream.
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“I sing a hero’s head, large eye
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Although I patch him as I can
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—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)