intravenous

 

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intravenous

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From intra- +‎ venous.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪntɹəˈviːnəs/

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intravenous (not comparable)

1. Inside the veins.
   • 2015, Chigozie Obioma, The Fishermen, ONE, page 116:

     Ikenna had typhoid and had been admitted at the hospital, receiving intravenous injections.

• intravenously

intravenous (uncountable) (abbreviated as IV)

1. (medicine) A dose of medicine administered from a drip, down through a hollow needle inserted into a patient's vein.

   Get his morphine intravenous started stat!

• drip
• intravenous drip
• intravenous therapy