intravenous

Etymology

From intra- + venous.

adj

  1. Inside the veins.
    Ikenna had typhoid and had been admitted at the hospital, receiving intravenous injections. 2015, Chigozie Obioma, The Fishermen, ONE, page 116

noun

  1. (medicine) A dose of medicine administered from a drip, down through a hollow needle inserted into a patient's vein.
    Get his morphine intravenous started stat!

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