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TPN

American  
  1. total parenteral nutrition.


TPN British  

noun

  1. biochem triphosphopyridine nucleotide a former name for NADP

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The pharmaceutical firm described the incident as "wholly exceptional", noting it had produced TPN since 2008 and helped many thousands of vulnerable babies to survive.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2024

"TPN restored my weight and gave me energy. It was nice to wear normal clothes again and not have to shop in the children's section," she says.

From BBC Apr. 17, 2021

A 1983 report in the New York Times described one baby receiving TPN as “a hostage to medicine,” and quoted a Columbia University pediatrician who called the procedure “a horrible experiment.”

From Washington Post Mar. 4, 2020

“As we go along, we modify things and learn. But to deny TPN to a child unless there is absolutely no hope is simply unethical. It is letting a child starve to death.”

From Washington Post Mar. 4, 2020

For the time being, she received nutrients through an IV placed in her vein 12 hours every day, pumping total parenteral nutrition, or TPN.

From Washington Times Jul. 20, 2014

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