intravenous drip

noun

Medicine/Medical.

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

Example Sentences

Except, in recent months images have emerged showing weak, dehydrated children - some as young as seven - hooked up to intravenous drips.

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

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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.

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Some might argue no dignity either, with their pain and ailments, oxygen bottles and intravenous drips all on public display.

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Two-year-old Shaina is hooked up to an intravenous drip at one of the few functioning hospitals in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince.

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