Parenteral definition

Parenteral means a method of drug delivery injected into body tissues but not via the gastrointestinal tract.
Parenteral means a sterile preparation of drugs for injection through one or more layers of the skin.
Parenteral means sterile preparations of drugs for injection through one or more layers of skin.

Examples of Parenteral in a sentence

  • Proceedings of the International Congress of Parenteral Nutrition.

  • Page 44 (SCCM) and American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN).

  • The system is used for the delivery of medications indicated for infusion therapy including but not limited to colloids and cristalloids, blood and blood components, Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN), lipids, and enteral fluids.

  • Parenteral aminophylline and inhalation bronchodilators may be required for bronchospasm.

  • An adult member receiving prolonged intravenous infusions, including Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN), medications and fluids who is not on mechanical ventilation or being weaned from mechanical ventilation.


More Definitions of Parenteral

Parenteral means a technique of administration in which the drug bypasses the gastrointestinal tract (i.e., intramuscular, intravenous, intranasal, submucosal, subcutaneous, or intraocular).
Parenteral means injected, infused or implanted, used to describe drug administration other than oral or anal.
Parenteral means a technique of administration in which the drug bypasses the gastrointestinal (gi) tract, including intramuscular (im), intravenous (iv), intranasal (in), submucosal (sm), subcutaneous (sc), and intraocular (io).
Parenteral means a route of administration in which the drug bypasses the gastrointestinal tract.
Parenteral means a route of administration in which the drug bypasses the gastrointestinal tract [i.e., intramuscular, intravenous, intranasal, submucosal, subcutaneous, or intraosseous].
Parenteral means any technique of administration in which the drug is injected through the dermis or into blood vessel (i.e.,; intramuscular, subcutaneous, or intravenous injections).
Parenteral means a technique of administration in which the