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intravenous
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Word definitions for intravenous in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1847, coined in English from intra- "within, inside" + Latin venous , from vena "vein" (see vein ). Related: Intravenously .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. within or by means of a vein; "an intravenous inflammation"; "intravenous feeding" [syn: endovenous ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Inside the veins. n. (context medicine English) A dose of medicine administered from a drip, down through a hollow needle inserted into a patient's vein.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Intravenous \In`tra*ve"nous\, a. Within the veins. Administered by injection into a vein; as, an intravenous antibiotic infusion.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an intravenous injection (= into a vein ) ▪ He had given the patient an intravenous injection to calm her down. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN drug ▪ Case 2 was a male intravenous drug user, 32, and seropositive ...
Usage examples of intravenous.
He then attempted to insert an intravenous line in one of her antecubital veins, in front of the elbow, in order to administer an anticonvulsant drug.
He was simultaneously being examined by the orthopedic surgeons, having intravenous lines inserted in both arms, having blood samples drawn, being catheterized, and being questioned by the resident, who stood at his head and shouted in order to be heard over the noise of the people working around him.
The doctors were still ordering antibiotics, breathing treatments, medications, and intravenous feedings.
No one died as a result, but several dogs were sick enough to require intravenous drips of saline and glucose to fight dehydration.
The second round of tests was probably more than BRadley Davis had bargained for-upper- and lowergastrointestinal series, a gallbladder study, and an intravenous pyelogram among them.
Intravenous drips fed nutrients into their veins, and catheters carried everything else away into grimy jars.
But the air was filled with the steady hum of compressors, and heavy tubing ran to the airplane parts, like intravenous lines to a patient.
When it does, I shall begin injections of propofol, an intravenous anesthetic, a longer-acting drug than the earlier one and more suitable for what is ahead.
From the drawer of his Narcomed III anesthesia machine, Jeffrey got out a small-gauge intravenous scalp needle and an infusion setup.
She's severely acidotic, so she was given twelve ampoules of intravenous sodium bicarbonate, as well as potassium chloride, to correct an electrolyte imbalance.
I'll have to keep him on the intravenous fluids, antibiotics and there'll be regular anticonvulsants and sedatives if he begins to have seizures.
She could fool the sensors, and felt no embarrassment at the indignities of intravenous feeding and assisted bathings.
The ethyl-glucose-saline mixture in carboys had been slung from a rafter over his bunk with the tubing leading to the needle plunged into his arm and taped into place as an intravenous drip.
They had intravenous fluids, whole blood, crystalloid solutions: both saline and normal serum albumin, morphine sulphate, lidocaine, digitalis preparations.
We've started intravenous dextrose to keep him fed and hydrated until we can get down to the bottom.