parenteral (redirected from parenteral therapy)

par·en·ter·al  (p-rntr-l)

adj.

1. Physiology Located outside the alimentary canal.

2. Medicine Taken into the body or administered in a manner other than through the digestive tract, as by intravenous or intramuscular injection.

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par·enter·al·ly adv.

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parenteral [pæˈrɛntərəl]

adj Med

1. (Medicine) (esp of the route by which a drug is administered) by means other than through the digestive tract, esp by injection

2. (Medicine) designating a drug to be injected

[from para-¹ + entero- + -al¹]

parenterally  adv

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	parenteral - administered by means other than through the alimentary tract (as by intramuscular or intravenous injection) medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
	2.	parenteral - located outside the alimentary tract physiology - the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms

Translations

parenteral [pæˈrentərəl] ADJ → parenteral