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Total Parenteral Nutrition
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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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