parenteral
Americanadjective
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taken into the body in a manner other than through the digestive canal.
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not within the intestine; not intestinal.
adjective
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(esp of the route by which a drug is administered) by means other than through the digestive tract, esp by injection
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designating a drug to be injected
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In February, it said the fourth location will focus on global parenteral manufacturing for injectable therapies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025
They depend on parenteral nutrition, or PN — in which amino acids, sugars, fats, vitamins, and electrolytes are pumped, in most cases, through a specialized catheter directly into a large vein near the heart.
From Salon ● Feb. 12, 2023
Their patients with life-threatening digestive disorders depend on parenteral nutrition, or PN — in which amino acids, sugars, fats, vitamins and electrolytes typically are pumped through a catheter into a large vein near the heart.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 6, 2023
“Her husband had been undergoing treatment for infective endocarditis at home with parenteral nafcillin,” according to the case report.
From Fox News ● Nov. 7, 2019
BDCs, by contrast, rapidly extravasate with high volumes of distribution after parenteral dosing, quickly binding to cell surface tumor antigens and internalizing, and any unbound BDC is quickly cleared by the kidney within minutes.
From Forbes ● Oct. 14, 2014
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