Intravenous foods or drugs are given to sick people through their veins, rather than their mouths.
[medicine]
...an intravenous drip.
...intravenous drug users.
intravenouslyadverb [ADVERB after verb]
Premature babies have to be fed intravenously.
intravenous in British English
(ˌɪntrəˈviːnəs)
adjective
anatomy
within a vein
an intravenous injection
Abbreviations (esp of an injection): IV, i.v.
Derived forms
intravenously (ˌintraˈvenously)
adverb
intravenous in American English
(ˌɪntrəˈvinəs)
adjective
in, or directly into, a vein or veins
an intravenous injection
Derived forms
intravenously (ˌintraˈvenously)
adverb
Word origin
intra- + venous
intravenous in the Pharmaceutical Industry
(ɪntrəvinəs)
adjective
(Pharmaceutical: Administration)
Intravenous means within a vein or veins.
An intravenous drip is used to put fluid or medicines directly into a vein.
Intravenous injections are usually given in veins in the hand or arm.
Intravenous means within a vein or veins.
Examples of 'intravenous' in a sentence
intravenous
Is it credible to justify his previous assertion that he didn't have jabs by drawing a distinction between intravenous and intramuscular injections?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
And finally my ma got the intravenous antibiotics, care and monitoring she'd needed all along.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Eve is intended to be our point of access - swapping blueberries and herbal supplements for intravenous injections and wondering what's the difference.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He spent six days on intravenous antibiotics before being discharged.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Today this does not occur because the intravenous fluid is carefully monitored for aluminium.
Lashford, Stephanie The Residue Report - an action plan for safer food (1988)
The patient remained alive until morning despite requests from the family to remove her intravenous drip.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The medics attached drips and gave intravenous painkillers to the two men who wouldlive.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The intravenous drip in my arm needed changing.
The Sun (2010)
He was using an oxygen mask and intravenous drip.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Doctors had given the woman oxygen and fed her by intravenous drip.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They suggest an eight-week course of intravenous injections.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
She has had intravenous antibiotics and we've done scans.
The Sun (2011)
Others are being prepared to administer intravenous drugs, the poll of nurses found.
The Sun (2012)
After four weeks on intravenous fluids, a stomach tube was inserted to feed her by.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
If infected, you can expect to spend a week in hospital on intravenous antibiotics.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Without advanced diagnostics and intravenous antibiotics, the bacteria that infected his compound fractures would have killed him.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Each medicine now needs to be double checked before being administered, and all intravenous drugs have now been locked away.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
They recently assessed an elderly patient with pneumonia, fixed him up with intravenous antibiotics and sent a nurse home with him.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
There were accounts too of resourcefulness, of prisoners using banana leaves as bandages for their wounds and giving intravenous injections with bamboo syringes.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
In other languages
intravenous
British English: intravenous ADJECTIVE
Intravenous foods or drugs are given to sick people through their veins, rather than their mouths.