Definition of Intravenous

1. Adjective. Within or by means of a vein. "Intravenous feeding"

Exact synonyms: Endovenous
Partainyms: Vein, Vein

Definition of Intravenous

1. a. Within the veins.

Definition of Intravenous

1. Adjective. Inside the veins. ¹

2. Noun. (medicine) A dose of medicine administered from a drip, down through a hollow needle inserted into a patient's vein. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Intravenous

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Intravenous

1. Within a vein or veins. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Intravenous

intravagal glomus
intravalley
intravalvular
intravasation
intravasations
intravascular
intravascular ligature
intravascular lymph
intravascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia
intravascularly
intraveneous
intravenous (current term)
intravenous anaesthesia
intravenous anaesthetic
intravenous anesthetic
intravenous antibiotics
intravenous cholangiography
intravenous drip
intravenous feeding
intravenous fluid
intravenous immunoglobulin
intravenous infusion
intravenous injection
intravenous narcosis
intravenous pyelogram
intravenous pyelography

Literary usage of Intravenous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1916)
"A series of subcutaneous injections following the intravenous treatment apparently aids in preventing relapses. The authors regard the mechanism of benefit ..."

2. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1920)
"3.55 pm No definite improvement. Blood culture: 0.5 cc. in broth, no growth; 0.5 cc. in agar plate, no growth. 4 pm intravenous injection of 10 cc. of ..."

3. Surgery, Its Principles and Practice by William Williams Keen (1913)
"THE very favorable results achieved by Burkhardt with intravenous injection of an anesthetic, thereby carrying out the ideas first promulgated and ..."

4. Therapeutic Gazette (1916)
"The purpose of this paper is to direct attention to what the author believes to be the correct technique for the intravenous injection of medicinal agents, ..."

5. A Practical Text-book of Infection, Immunity, and Specific Therapy: With by John Albert Kolmer (1915)
"TECHNIC OF intravenous INOCULATION The necessity of administering serum intravenously in order to obtain the best results, or any result at all, ..."

6. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1922)
"The work of Friedberger and Ito, 1912, has extended the sensitizing effect to guinea pigs serum iodized outside of the body, or by the intravenous injection ..."

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