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total parenteral nutrition
–noun Medicine/Medical.
| intravenous administration of a solution of essential nutrients to patients unable to ingest food, esp. in cases of severe gastrointestinal or malabsorption disorders or prolonged coma. Abbreviation: TPN |
Also called hyperalimentation.
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| total parenteral nutrition | |
noun | |
| administration of a nutritionally adequate solution through a catheter into the vena cava; used in cases of long-term coma or severe burns or severe gastrointestinal syndromes |
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