Definition

Noun: - The administration of nutrients directly into a vein: A medical procedure where a sterile liquid solution containing essential nutrients (such as glucose, amino acids, vitamins, and electrolytes) is delivered into a patient's bloodstream via a catheter inserted into a vein. This is used when a person cannot obtain adequate nutrition through the digestive system.

Usage

This term is used in formal and medical contexts to describe a specific clinical therapy. - It is often abbreviated as IV feeding. - The procedure is typically supervised by healthcare professionals in a hospital or clinical setting.

Examples

• Noun:
  • The patient, unable to swallow after surgery, required intravenous feeding for a week.
  • Prolonged intravenous feeding carries a risk of infection at the catheter site.
  • The doctor ordered intravenous feeding to ensure the comatose patient received adequate nutrition.

Advanced Usage

• "to be on intravenous feeding": to be receiving nutrients via this method.
  • The premature infant was on intravenous feeding until it could suckle properly.

Variants and Related Words

• IV therapy (n): A broader term for administering any substance (medications, fluids, or nutrients) intravenously.
• Parenteral nutrition (n): A more technical synonym encompassing all forms of feeding that bypass the gastrointestinal tract, including intravenous feeding.
• Hyperalimentation (n): An older, more specific term for intravenous feeding providing high-calorie nutrition.

Synonyms

• Parenteral nutrition: Nutrition provided intravenously.
• IV nutrition: Informal term for intravenous feeding.

Related Phrases

• Central line feeding: A type of intravenous feeding where nutrients are delivered into a large central vein, often used for long-term therapy.
• Peripheral intravenous feeding: A type where nutrients are delivered into a smaller, peripheral vein, often used for short-term needs.

Noun

1. administration of nutrients through a vein