parenteral
[ pa-ren-ter-uhl ]
adjectiveAnatomy, Medicine/Medical, Physiology.
taken into the body in a manner other than through the digestive canal.
not within the intestine; not intestinal.
Origin of parenteral
1Other words from parenteral
- par·en·ter·al·ly, adverb
Words Nearby parenteral
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How to use parenteral in a sentence
The recovery of poliomyelitis virus after parenteral introduction into cockroaches and houseflies.
The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches | Louis M. Roth
British Dictionary definitions for parenteral
parenteral
/ (pæˈrɛntərəl) /
adjectivemed
(esp of the route by which a drug is administered) by means other than through the digestive tract, esp by injection
designating a drug to be injected
Origin of parenteral
1C20: from para- 1 + entero- + -al 1
Derived forms of parenteral
- parenterally, adverb
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