intravenous

English

Etymology

From intra- +‎ venous.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪntɹəˈviːnəs/

Adjective

intravenous (not comparable)

1. Inside the veins.

Related terms

• intravenously

Translations

inside the veins

• Bulgarian: венозен (venozen)
• Catalan: intravenós
• Czech: nitrožilní (cs)
• Danish: intravenøs
• Dutch: intraveneus (nl)
• Finnish: laskimonsisäinen, intravenoosinen (fi)
• French: intraveineux (fr), endoveineux
• German: intravenös (de)
• Hungarian: intravénás (hu)
• Italian: intravenoso, endovenoso (it)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: intravenøs

  Nynorsk: intravenøs

• Polish: dożylny (pl) m
• Portuguese: intravenoso, endovenoso
• Russian: внутриве́нный (ru) (vnutrivénnyj)
• Slovak: vnútrožilový
• Spanish: intravenoso, endovenoso
• Swedish: intravenös (sv)

Noun

intravenous (uncountable) (abbreviated as IV)

1. (medicine) A dose of medicine administered from a drip, down through a hollow needle inserted into a patient's vein.

   Get his morphine intravenous started stat!

Synonyms

• drip
• intravenous therapy

Translations

inside the veins

• Finnish: infuusio (fi)
• Portuguese: intravenosa f

• Spanish: suero (es)