parenterallyadv.
/pəˈrɛnt(ə)rəli/, /pəˈrɛnt(ə)rl̩i/, U.S. /pəˈrɛn(t)ərəli/ Medicine.
by a parenteral route.
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parenterally1909
perorally1926
transurethrally1972
the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatment by medicine or drug > [adverb] > manner of
intravenously1897
parenterally1909
perorally1926
sublingually1945
1909 Science 9 Apr. 587/2 Observations by Lefmann also uphold this for creatin introduced parenterally.
1916 A. J. Smith tr. O. von Fürth Probl. Physiol. & Pathol. Chem. of Metabolism ii. 48 The toxic effect of the parenterally introduced trypsin.
1949 E. P. Abraham et al. in H. W. Florey et al. Antibiotics II. xv. 639 Such a test could scarcely be expected to give an accurate forecast of the effect of a drug administered by mouth or parenterally for the treatment of a generalized infection.
1974 R. M. Kirk et al. Surgery iii. 38 When it cannot be given into the gut, it must be administered parenterally.
1993 Lancet 3 July 58/1 Antibiotics were administered through the nasogastric tube and parenterally before organ removal.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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