intravenous

intravenous

English

Etymology

From intra- +‎ venous.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪntɹəˈviːnəs/

Adjective

intravenous (not comparable)

1. Inside the veins.

Related terms

• intravenously

Translations

inside the veins

Catalan: intravenós Czech: nitrožilní (cs) Danish: intravenøs Dutch: intraveneus (nl) Finnish: laskimonsisäinen, intravenoosinen (fi) French: intraveineux (fr), endoveineux German: intravenös (de) Hungarian: intravénás (hu) Italian: intravenoso, endovenoso (it)

Norwegian: Bokmål: intravenøs Nynorsk: intravenøs Polish: dożylny (pl) m Portuguese: intravenoso, endovenoso Russian: внутриве́нный (ru) (vnutrivénnyj) Spanish: intravenoso, endovenoso Swedish: intravenös (sv)

Noun

intravenous (uncountable) (abbreviated as 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 therapy

Translations

inside the veins

Finnish: infuusio (fi) Portuguese: intravenosa f

Spanish: suero (es)