intravenous

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intravenous

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Etymology

From intra- +‎ venous.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪntɹəˈviːnəs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

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.

Related terms

• intravenously

Translations

inside the veins

Belarusian: унутраве́нны (unutravjénny), нутраве́нны (nutravjénny), унутрыве́нны (unutryvjénny), нутравэ́нны (nutravénny), давэ́нны (davénny) Bulgarian: вено́зен (venózen) Catalan: intravenós (ca) Czech: nitrožilní (cs) Danish: intravenøs Dutch: intraveneus (nl) Finnish: laskimonsisäinen, intravenoosinen (fi) French: intraveineux (fr), endoveineux German: intravenös (de) Hungarian: intravénás (hu) Indonesian: intravena (id) Italian: intravenoso, endovenoso (it) Norwegian: Bokmål: intravenøs Nynorsk: intravenøs Polish: dożylny (pl) Portuguese: intravenoso (pt), endovenoso Romanian: intravenos (ro) Russian: внутриве́нный (ru) (vnutrivénnyj) Slovak: vnútrožilový Spanish: intravenoso, endovenoso Swedish: intravenös (sv) Ukrainian: внутрішньове́нний (vnutrišnʹovénnyj), внутріве́нний (vnutrivénnyj)

Noun

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!

Synonyms

• drip
• intravenous drip
• intravenous therapy

Translations

a dose of medicine administered from a drip, down through a hollow needle inserted into a patient's vein

Finnish: infuusio (fi) Hungarian: infúzió (hu) Portuguese: intravenosa f Spanish: suero (es), infusión (es) f