WordNet
drip feed
n. the administration of a solution (blood or saline or plasma etc.) one drop at a time
Usage examples of "drip feed".
As soon as the door closed on them, Per took hold of the drip feed in his arm and pulled it out.
I didn't investigate it, but that was where the intravenous drip feed was inserted to keep him alive.
It was just a steady drip feed of money from clubs, gambling, chemical and digital narcotics, prostitution, bank scams, and dubious development contracts.