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adjective

within a vein.

of, pertaining to, employed in, or administered by injection into a vein: an intravenous solution.

noun

an intravenous injection.

intravenous feeding. Abbreviation: IV

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Origin:
1840–50; intra- + venous

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Intravenous feedings may be needed in life-threatening situations.

After he was strapped in place and the intravenous lines inserted, the witness-room curtains were opened.

Soon cases were also detected in intravenous drug users and recipients of blood transfusions.

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Intravenous feedings may be needed in life-threatening situations.

After he was strapped in place and the intravenous lines inserted, the witness-room curtains were opened.

Soon cases were also detected in intravenous drug users and recipients of blood transfusions.

Low blood sugar enhances this activity, which can also be induced using an intravenous infusion of the hormone motilin.

For example, children with cystic fibrosis must be treated with intravenous antibiotics.

Respiratory therapists do not usually give injections or intravenous drugs.

Early start of intravenous fluid therapy seems being of help.

It also needs to run continuously through an intravenous tube.

Persons who use intravenous drugs should seek treatment for addiction.

Coconut water is also used as an intravenous hydration fluid in some developing countries where medical saline is unavailable.

Infliximab, abatacept and rituximab are given by intravenous infusion.

Kurzweil also spends one day a week at a medical clinic, receiving intravenous longevity treatments.

Speedball usually refers to the intravenous injection of cocaine and heroin.

Still, by the time the girl was admitted, she was too dehydrated to have an intravenous line inserted.

Intravenous beta blockers followed by oral administration of the drugs may help prevent arrhythmias in certain patients.

Critically ill patients may need specially formulated intravenous or tube feedings.

Intravenous fluids and a hospital stay may be needed for moderate to severe dehydration.

According to usual hospital practice, each received an intravenous solution of water and sugar.

Not only are intravenous drug users becoming infected, but so are crack addicts and other drug abusers, many of whom are women.

Patients with epidemic typhus may need intravenous fluids and oxygen.

Although premature babies are kept in incubators, they can become cold when nurses change intravenous tubes or other attachments.

The primary risk groups for infection are gay men and intravenous drug users.

Some staff members were so hungry and dehydrated that they were reported to be feeding themselves intravenous sugar solutions.

Rats given a choice between highly sweetened water and intravenous cocaine overwhelmingly favored the tasty beverage.

Such research could lead to noninvasive cell transplants for the brain requiring only intravenous injections.

Baxter plans to consolidate the venture's intravenous nutrition business with its existing intravenous solutions business.

The oral drugs can free patients from frequent trips to a clinic to be hooked to an intravenous line for hours.

Her nursing home rushed her to the hospital where she spent the night, receiving intravenous antibiotics.

Prolonged intravenous feeding reduces the flow of bile and increases the risk for gallstones.

Cordischi's room to adjust her intravenous tubes, is a far cry from the traditional white-capped.

Infusion therapy involves the intravenous delivery of drugs and nutritional products.

Among his specialties were metabolism during surgery, intravenous nutrition and breast surgery.

Because much fluid is lost through the open skin, it's important to get intravenous fluid to prevent dehydration.

In such critically ill patients, stress, medications and even intravenous feeding can cause blood sugar levels to rise.

It shows health care workers pulling on the mottled, loose skin of a wailing child's belly, and an infant on an intravenous drip.

Today he died, two days after his mother put an overdose of sedatives into his intravenous line.

Whatever he had, he appeared to be responding to the intravenous antibiotics.

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intravenous (ˌɪntrəˈviːnəs)

—*adj*
	anatomy IV, Abbreviations (esp of an injection): i.v. within a vein: an intravenous injection

intra'venously

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

intravenous

1847, coined in Eng. from intra- "within, inside" + L. venous, from vena "vein" (see vein).

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intravenous in·tra·ve·nous (ĭn'trə-vē'nəs)
adj.
Abbr. IV
Within or administered into a vein.

in'tra·ve'nous·ly adv.

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intravenous

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