intravenous drip

American  

noun

Medicine/Medical.

1. the continuous, slow introduction of a fluid into a vein of the body. IV

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Example Sentences

So bad was the injury, in fact, that Moss was kept in hospital on an intravenous drip.

From BBC

He is still being fed by tube and receiving nutrients through an intravenous drip.

From BBC

Altitude sickness was so severe that some had to be hooked up to intravenous drips.

From The Wall Street Journal

An intravenous drip is hooked up to the wall next to Elkana.

From BBC

As the scale of destruction emerged, Myanmar officials declared a "mass casualty area" at Naypyidaw General Hospital, where patients lay on gurneys outside, intravenous drips hanging from makeshift stands.

From BBC