intravenous feeding
- noun
- /ˌɪntrəˈviːnəs ˈfiːdɪŋ/
- Specialized
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alimentación intravenosa
- Health services provided in the home run the gamut from assistance with basic tasks of daily living, such as bathing or cooking, to continuous operation of life-support systems, such as intravenous feeding or kidney dialysis.
Examples
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True, life expectancy has been extended by things like penicillin, the ability to treat premature babies, intravenous feeding, etc.
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We can keep Dr. Norris alive using intravenous feedings, but we have no way to do that with a child.
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Intravenous feeding continues.
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Due to her illness, she requires intravenous feeding to receive the necessary nutrients.
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The hospital provides intravenous feeding for patients who cannot eat or absorb food normally.
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After surgery, he relied on intravenous feeding to recover and regain his strength.
Synonyms
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A small tube used to give fluid or medicine directly into a vein
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A way of giving all needed nutrition through a large vein when a person cannot eat or absorb food
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A thin tube that gives fluids or medicine slowly into a vein
A way of giving all needed food and fluids into a vein when someone cannot eat
A medical method of giving food and fluids into a large vein when people cannot eat or absorb them
A way of giving liquid into a vein one drop at a time
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Morphology
The meaning 'the administration of nutrients directly into a vein' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'intravenous' (delivered into the bloodstream/vein) with 'feeding' (providing food or nourishment). This is a literal, compositional medical compound and similar formations exist across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Intravenous feeding comes from the picture of giving food and nutrients straight into a vein. The word intravenous means 'into a vein' and feeding means giving nutrition, so the phrase describes giving nutrition directly into the blood when someone cannot eat.