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parenteral

parenteral

adjective pah-ren-teh-RAHL Rare
Body & Health Medicine

Usage Note

Parenteral is a medical term describing the administration of a substance (nutrition, medication) by a route other than the digestive tract, typically intravenous or intramuscular. It does not change for gender (nutrición parenteral, soporte parenteral). Learners will see it mainly in clinical or pharmaceutical texts.

Examples

"El paciente recibe nutrición parenteral total."

Natural Translation

The patient receives total parenteral nutrition.

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