Intravenous
adjective
Something that is done directly into a vein, usually referred to medicine or fluids given through a needle.
The doctor gave him intravenous fluids due to severe dehydration.
Often appears as...
- intravenous drip
- intravenous injection
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Something that is done directly into a vein, usually referred to medicine or fluids given through a needle.
The doctor gave him intravenous fluids due to severe dehydration.
Often appears as...
- intravenous drip
- intravenous injection
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Context
Used in medical situations to describe a way of delivering medicines or fluids into the body.
After the accident, the paramedics started an intravenous line.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Oral
Specifies that a treatment is not taken by mouth, but directly into the veins instead.
The patient was too sick to swallow, so they received intravenous antibiotics.
Pro Tip 3/3Quick Effect
Implies that the medicine may act faster because it enters the bloodstream directly.
The intravenous painkillers provided immediate relief during the procedure.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Context
Used in medical situations to describe a way of delivering medicines or fluids into the body.
After the accident, the paramedics started an intravenous line.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Oral
Specifies that a treatment is not taken by mouth, but directly into the veins instead.
The patient was too sick to swallow, so they received intravenous antibiotics.
Pro Tip 3/3Quick Effect
Implies that the medicine may act faster because it enters the bloodstream directly.
The intravenous painkillers provided immediate relief during the procedure.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Context
Used in medical situations to describe a way of delivering medicines or fluids into the body.
After the accident, the paramedics started an intravenous line.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Oral
Specifies that a treatment is not taken by mouth, but directly into the veins instead.
The patient was too sick to swallow, so they received intravenous antibiotics.
Pro Tip 3/3Quick Effect
Implies that the medicine may act faster because it enters the bloodstream directly.
The intravenous painkillers provided immediate relief during the procedure.
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Brian Goldman: Doctors...
He had a potentially life-threatening condition called epiglottitis. You can Google it, but it's an infection, not of the throat, but of the upper airway, and it can actually cause the airway to close. And fortunately he didn't die. He was placed on intravenous antibiotics
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How does anesthesia...
mandrake fruit, and alcohol. Today, anesthesiologists often combine regional, inhalational and intravenous agents to get the right balance for a surgery. Regional anesthesia blocks pain signals from a specific part of the body from getting to the brain.
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Making food transparent...
many rooms we waited patiently to see doctors and many men of actually doing intravenous injections just to keep her alive and in those rooms I met several people as many as year people that had and diagnose illnesses people that were
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Norman Lear and Climate...
he said something that suddenly I never I've heard it but I've never really heard that but you coming it's like an intravenous in that way you know you're laughing in your laughing but it's
Video examples
Brian Goldman: Doctors...
He had a potentially life-threatening condition called epiglottitis. You can Google it, but it's an infection, not of the throat, but of the upper airway, and it can actually cause the airway to close. And fortunately he didn't die. He was placed on intravenous antibiotics
Video examples
How does anesthesia...
mandrake fruit, and alcohol. Today, anesthesiologists often combine regional, inhalational and intravenous agents to get the right balance for a surgery. Regional anesthesia blocks pain signals from a specific part of the body from getting to the brain.
Video examples
Making food transparent...
many rooms we waited patiently to see doctors and many men of actually doing intravenous injections just to keep her alive and in those rooms I met several people as many as year people that had and diagnose illnesses people that were
Video examples
Norman Lear and Climate...
he said something that suddenly I never I've heard it but I've never really heard that but you coming it's like an intravenous in that way you know you're laughing in your laughing but it's
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Annie Lennox
Scottish Musician
The general population still thinks HIV is something that came in the 80s and went away, or that it only affects the gay population or intravenous drug users.
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Annie Lennox
Scottish Musician
The general population still thinks HIV is something that came in the 80s and went away, or that it only affects the gay population or intravenous drug users.
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