intravenousadj.n.
/ɪntrəˈviːnəs/ A. adj.
Existing or taking place within a vein or the veins.
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the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood vessel > vein > [adjective]
venial1574
venosal1621
veinous1634
venous1670
veinous1761
intravenous1849
the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > types of treatment generally > [adjective] > carried out by specific part
intravenous1849
enteral1905
parenteral1906
pervaginal1906
peroral1908
mouth-to-mouth1909
mouth-to-nose1954
1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. i. 102/1 Intra-venous Formations are produced by evolution of absorbed elements.
1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 110 Intravenous injections of ammonia have also been suggested.
1898 P. Manson Trop. Dis. viii. 167 They then immunised a horse by intravenous injections of living virulent cultures.
B. n.
An intravenous injection or feeding.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > hypodermic treatments > [noun] > injection or syringing > intravenous injection
intravenous1960
1960 J. G. Ballard in D. Knight 100 Years Sci. Fiction (1969) 355 Took me half an hour to steady myself enough for an intravenous.
1970 New Yorker 21 Nov. 66/2 You have intravenouses going in both your hands.
Derivatives
intraˈvenously adv.
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the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood vessel > vein > [adverb]
venously1849
intravenously1897
the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatment by medicine or drug > [adverb] > manner of
intravenously1897
parenterally1909
perorally1926
sublingually1945
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 821 When the venom is intravenously introduced there is an extraordinary and immediate diminution of the white cells.
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adj.n.1849