intravenous drip
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intravenous drip — drip … The new mediacal dictionary
intravenous drip — noun slow continuous drip introducing solutions intravenously (a drop at a time) • Hypernyms: ↑drip, ↑trickle, ↑dribble * * * Med. the continuous, slow introduction of a fluid into a vein of the body. Abbr.: IV Also called drip … Useful english dictionary
intravenous drip — Med. the continuous, slow introduction of a fluid into a vein of the body. Abbr.: IV Also called drip. * * * … Universalium
Intravenous therapy — or IV therapy is the giving of liquid substances directly into a vein. It can be intermittent or continuous; continuous administration is called an intravenous drip. The word intravenous simply means within a vein , but is most commonly used to… … Wikipedia
Drip — may refer to: Dripping liquid Intravenous drip, in health and medicine Murphy drip, in proctoclysis Drip gas, natural gas condensate Drip irrigation, in agriculture and gardening Drip painting, an art style of dripping paint across a canvas Drip… … Wikipedia
drip — /drip/, v., dripped or dript, dripping, n. v.i. 1. to let drops fall; shed drops: This faucet drips. 2. to fall in drops, as a liquid. v.t. 3. to let fall in drops. n. 4. an act of dripping. 5. liquid that drips. 6. the sound made by falling… … Universalium
drip — intravenous drip; n. apparatus for the continuous injection (transfusion) of blood, plasma, saline, glucose solution, or other fluid into a vein. The fluid flows under gravity from a suspended bottle through a tube ending in a hollow needle… … The new mediacal dictionary
drip — 1. To flow a drop at a time. 2. A flowing in drops. alkaline milk d. a variable mixture of sodium bicarbonate in whole milk dripped into the stomach thro … Medical dictionary
drip — 1. verb a) To fall one drop at a time. Listening to the tap next door drip all night drove me mad! b) To leak slowly. Does the sink drip, or have I just spilt water over the floor? 2. noun … Wiktionary
intravenous — [[t]ɪ̱ntrəvi͟ːnəs[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n Intravenous foods or drugs are given to sick people through their veins, rather than their mouths. [TECHNICAL] ...an intravenous drip. ...intravenous drug users. Derived words: intravenously ADV ADV after v… … English dictionary
