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Definition of Parenteral

1. Adjective. Administered by means other than through the alimentary tract (as by intramuscular or intravenous injection).

Definition of Parenteral

1. Adjective. (medicine) Administered by some means other than oral intake, particularly intravenously or by injection. ¹

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Definition of Parenteral

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Parenteral

1. Not through the alimentary canal but rather by injection through some other route, as subcutaneous, intramuscular, intraorbital, intracapsular, intraspinal, intrasternal, intravenous, etc. Origin: Gr. Enteron = intestine This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Parenteral

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

1. Guide to the diseases of infancy by Walther Birk (1916)
"ALIMENTARY DISTURBANCES DUE TO parenteral INFECTION If in any portion of the infant organism, distant from the intestinal tract, that is parenteral, ..."

2. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1922)
"Nitrogenous and carbohydrate injections are best given separately. parenteral ALIMENTATION Saccharose is partly utilized (Mendel and Mitchell, 1905; ..."

3. Colloids in Biology and Medicine by Heinrich Bechhold (1919)
"The absorption of substances thus introduced into the organism is termed parenteral absorption. Alimentary Absorption. Besides the fluids which are taken ..."

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