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drip-feed

[drip-feed]
–noun
intravenous feeding.

Origin:
1905–10, for earlier sense
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drip feed  
n.  
  1. Administration of blood, plasma, saline, or sugar solutions, usually intravenously, a drop at a time.

    1. The device or tubes by which such a substance is administered.

    2. The substance administered.

drip'-feed' (drĭp'fēd') v.
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