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intravenous - 7 dictionary results

in⋅tra⋅ve⋅nous

[in-truh-vee-nuhs]
–adjective
1. within a vein.
2. of, pertaining to, employed in, or administered by injection into a vein: an intravenous solution.
–noun
3. an intravenous injection.
4. intravenous feeding. Abbreviation: IV

Origin:
1840–50; intra- + venous
in·tra·ve·nous     (ĭn'trə-vē'nəs)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Abbr. IV
Within or administered into a vein.

n.   A drug, nutrient solution, or other substance administered into a vein.

in'tra·ve'nous·ly adv.

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

intravenous

adjective
within or by means of a vein; "an intravenous inflammation"; "intravenous feeding" 

intravenous   (ĭn'trə-vē'nəs)  Pronunciation Key 
  1. Existing or occurring within a vein.
  2. Administered into a vein, as an injection.


intravenous [(in-truh-vee-nuhs)]

A descriptive term for things within a vein. Intravenous feeding or medication is the passing of nutrients or medicines into a vein through a tube.


[Chapter:] Medicine and Health


Intravenous

In`tra*ve"nous\, a. Within the veins.

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