parenteral
- adjective
- /pəˈrɛntərəl/
- Specialized
- The doctor recommended a parenteral injection for patients who are unable to take medicine by mouth.
- parenteral antibiotics
- parenteral nutrition
- parenteral drug
Examples
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When the gastrointestinal tract is normal, oral iron acts just as rapidly as a parenteral form.
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Antifungal treatment consists of topical, oral, or parenteral agents: oral and parenteral formulations for systemic use; oral and topical for superficial use.
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The seven patients with hepatitis B all had risk factors for parenteral or sexual transmission.
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Since the 1990s, the number of available oral and parenteral antifungal agents has increased significantly.
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Treatment of the IDA condition itself is straightforward: administration of oral or parenteral iron.
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We do have parenteral alternatives, but concerns over their expense and potential ototoxicity make this option unrealistic.
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At least short-term control can be achieved in upwards of 90% of patients with culture-directed parenteral therapy.
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An absolute diet with total parenteral nutrition and omeprazole did not improve the gastric fistula.
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Of the ten with non-A-E hepatitis, three had risk factors for parenteral or sexual transmission (two GBV-C positive).
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Parenteral or oral antimicrobial drugs were given to 73.8% of patients before adenovirus infection was diagnosed.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
A medicine you get by injection with a needle
Compounds
- Specialized
A way of giving all needed food and fluids into a vein when someone cannot eat
Surface Forms
Morphology
parenteral = enteral (opaque) = para + enter + al
The word is built on a medical base, but the specialized term 'enteral' and the prefix 'para-' are not enough for an average learner to infer the full meaning.
Etymology
Parenteral comes from Greek parts para- meaning 'beside' and enteron meaning 'intestine'. So, parenteral means 'beside the intestine' and describes medicine or nutrition given not through the gut but by injection or into the blood.