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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
intravenous
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 since 1986.
▪ His execution was to have been the first in California using intravenous drugs.
▪ Today, some research suggests that 50 percent of the city's intravenous drug users have been infected.
▪ Most HIV-positive intravenous drug users are also infected by hepatitis C virus.
▪ Conclusions - Seroconversion to HIV-1 among intravenous drug misusers is associated with bacterial pneumonia.
▪ Most reports describe primary HIV-1 infection among groups other than misusers of intravenous drugs.
▪ Intake of potentially hepatotoxic drugs, intravenous drug addiction and previous blood transfusions were ruled out in all patients.
▪ The abuse of intravenous drugs is still uncommon.
fluid
▪ He was treated with intravenous fluids and antibiotics.
▪ She became progressively more acidotic in spite of continued resuscitation with high volumes of intravenous fluid.
heparin
▪ Mortality among streptokinase-treated patients was 8.3% for those who also received intravenous heparin and 9.0% for those receiving subcutaneous heparin.
▪ This practice is based largely on the belief that intravenous heparin increases coronary artery patency rates.
▪ For tPA, intravenous heparin added to aspirin seems to provide a small additional patency benefit.
▪ Sobel and Collen suggested that clinical decisions on intravenous heparin should await the outcome of unfinished trials.
▪ All were given intravenous heparin and cardiac catheterisation was carried out at I 014 days.
▪ At present, the only available data on the addition of intravenous heparin to full-dose aspirin plus thrombolysis are from non-randomised comparisons.
▪ In ISIS-3, 4852 patients received intravenous heparin off-protocol.
infusion
▪ The intravenous infusion was removed when he was able to take fluids without feeling nauseated.
▪ Our comments about sampling 15 minutes after the end of a dose applied to intravenous infusions.
▪ At this time her intravenous infusion was removed and she seemed more relaxed but still complained of pain from her wound.
▪ Shortly after anaesthesia an intravenous infusion may be commenced to provide a route for fluid replacement.
▪ Atropine given during intravenous infusion led to an immediate fall in acid output.
▪ Under these circumstances an intravenous infusion of insulin provides a very convenient and reliable method for managing the diabetes.
▪ To overcome this problem we have measured gastrin mediated acid secretion after the intravenous infusion of gastrin releasing peptide.
injection
▪ He had given the patient an intravenous injection of diazepam to calm him down.
▪ Practically, problems can arise when administering the intravenous injection.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Conclusions - Seroconversion to HIV-1 among intravenous drug misusers is associated with bacterial pneumonia.
▪ For these reasons, intravenous potassium administration requires caution.
▪ He was treated with intravenous fluids and antibiotics.
▪ His execution was to have been the first in California using intravenous drugs.
▪ In the rat, very high single doses of intravenous mesalazine cause acute tubular and papillary necrosis.
▪ Mortality among streptokinase-treated patients was 8.3% for those who also received intravenous heparin and 9.0% for those receiving subcutaneous heparin.
▪ The patient was treated with intravenous ganciclovir.
▪ Today, some research suggests that 50 percent of the city's intravenous drug users have been infected.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Intravenous

Intravenous \In`tra*ve"nous\, a.

  1. Within the veins.

  2. Administered by injection into a vein; as, an intravenous antibiotic infusion.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
intravenous

1847, coined in English from intra- "within, inside" + Latin venous, from vena "vein" (see vein). Related: Intravenously.

Wiktionary
intravenous

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.

WordNet
intravenous

adj. within or by means of a vein; "an intravenous inflammation"; "intravenous feeding" [syn: endovenous]

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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.