intravenous drip
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4.1
- noun
- /ˌɪntrəˈviːnəs drɪp/
- Specialized
:
goteo intravenoso
- The doctor attached an intravenous drip to ensure the patient received fluids throughout the surgery.
- intravenous drip of nutrients
Examples
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During his recovery, he relied on an intravenous drip for essential nutrients and medications.
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We tried to feed him by intravenous drip, with a tube in his arm.
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As blood begins to leave his body, it shows light at first, mixed with the saline from the intravenous drip.
Blog text (9) -
If she drinks wine, she goes to her doctor to rejuvenate her liver with an intravenous drip of vitamin C.
Blog text (21) -
The doctor injected a strong sedative and set up a continuous intravenous drip of nutrients mixed with a cardiac solution.
Fiction book (1996) -
He wanted to hold the thin little hand, but an intravenous drip prevented that, so he had to make do with just stroking her forehead.
Fiction book (1995) -
After the accident, she was placed on an intravenous drip to help rehydrate her body.
Synonyms
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3.8
A small tube used to give fluid or medicine directly into a vein
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5.5
A slow flow of medicine or fluid into a vein through a tube
A way of giving liquid into a vein one drop at a time
How Continuous
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is directly compositional: 'intravenous' (into a vein/bloodstream) modifies 'drip' (a drop-by-drop flow), so the phrase denotes a slow, dropwise infusion into a vein. This modifier + noun pattern is standard in medical terminology and cross-linguistically common, so a learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Intravenous drip comes from a simple medical picture: intravenous means 'into a vein' and drip is the slow drops from a bag that travel through a tube into the body. So, the phrase means giving fluids or medicine slowly and continuously 'drop by drop' directly into the bloodstream.