parenteral
adjective
taken into the body in a manner other than through the digestive canal.
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And more fundamentally, a droplet infection like COVID-19 spreads much more rapidly and impacts millions more people than a sexually or parenterally transmitted infection like HIV.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2021