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intravenous drip

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noun

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


Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2025

Costa took their advice and went to a hospital, where he received an intravenous drip to replenish his fluids.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2024

Even though it's not given through an intravenous drip, the nasal spray still requires careful observation of patients under the FDA's approval conditions.

From Science Daily • Feb. 8, 2024

The battery of machines that had sustained her had been reduced to an intravenous drip.

From Seattle Times • May 27, 2023

In a busy village clinic in Lezhi county in southwest China's Sichuan province on Thursday, 59-year-old Yang waited anxiously as her husband received an intravenous drip in the adjacent room.

From Reuters • Dec. 30, 2022