| parenteral |
Not in or through the digestive system. For example, parenteral can pertain to blood being drawn from a vein in the arm or introduced into that vein via a transfusion (intravenous), or to injection of medications or vaccines through the skin (subcutaneous) or into the muscle (intramuscular).
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| parenteral |
Brought into the body in some other way than the digestive tract, as by subcutaneous or intravenous injection.
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| parenteral |
Taken into the body in a way other than the digestive tract, usually injected in a muscle or vein.
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| parenteral |
given by injection, bypassing the enteral (gastrointestinal) tract.
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| parenteral |
occurring outside the intestine. For example, giving a drug by intravenous or intramuscular injection. The opposite of enteric
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