intravenous

English

Etymology

From intra- +‎ venous.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪntɹəˈviːnəs/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Adjective

intravenous (not comparable)

1. Inside the veins.
   • 2015, Chigozie Obioma, The Fishermen, ONE, page 116:

     Ikenna had typhoid and had been admitted at the hospital, receiving intravenous injections.

   • 2024 January 9, Scott Snowden, “Santa Monica rolls out mobile mental health unit”, in Santa Monica Daily Press‎^[1]:

     The inside of the vehicle is pretty sparse and there are no oxygen tanks, intravenous drips or machines that go "ping."

Derived terms

• nonintravenous

Related terms

• intravenously

Translations

inside the veins

• Belarusian: унутраве́нны (unutravjénny), нутраве́нны (nutravjénny), унутрыве́нны (unutryvjénny), нутравэ́нны (nutravénny), давэ́нны (davénny)
• Bulgarian: вено́зен (venózen)
• Catalan: intravenós (ca)
• Czech: nitrožilní (cs)
• Danish: intravenøs
• Dutch: intraveneus (nl)
• Finnish: laskimonsisäinen, intravenoosinen (fi)
• French: intraveineux (fr), endoveineux (fr)
• German: intravenös (de)
• Hungarian: intravénás (hu)
• Indonesian: intravena (id)
• Italian: intravenoso, endovenoso (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: intravenøs

  Nynorsk: intravenøs

• Polish: dożylny (pl)
• Portuguese: intravenoso (pt), endovenoso
• Romanian: intravenos (ro)
• Russian: внутриве́нный (ru) (vnutrivénnyj)
• Slovak: vnútrožilový
• Spanish: intravenoso, endovenoso
• Swedish: intravenös (sv)
• Ukrainian: внутрішньове́нний (vnutrišnʹovénnyj), внутріве́нний (vnutrivénnyj)

Noun

intravenous (uncountable, abbreviation IV)

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!

Synonyms

• drip
• intravenous drip
• intravenous therapy

Translations

a dose of medicine administered from a drip, down through a hollow needle inserted into a patient's vein

• Finnish: infuusio (fi)
• Hungarian: infúzió (hu)
• Portuguese: intravenosa f
• Spanish: suero (es), infusión (es) f