HYPERALIMENTATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hyperalimentation mean? 

• HYPERALIMENTATION (noun)
  The noun HYPERALIMENTATION has 1 sense:

1. administration of a nutritionally adequate solution through a catheter into the vena cava; used in cases of long-term coma or severe burns or severe gastrointestinal syndromes

  Familiarity information: HYPERALIMENTATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPERALIMENTATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Administration of a nutritionally adequate solution through a catheter into the vena cava; used in cases of long-term coma or severe burns or severe gastrointestinal syndromes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

hyperalimentation; total parenteral nutrition; TPN

Hypernyms ("hyperalimentation" is a kind of...):

alimentation; feeding (the act of supplying food and nourishment)

 Context examples 

Intravenous nursing practice involves all aspects of infusion therapy, including phlebotomy, intravenous peripheral and central access line placement (PICC), chemotherapy, hyperalimentation, etc.

(Infusion Nursing, NCI Thesaurus)

Hyperalimentation does not use the digestive system.

(Hyperalimentation, NCI Dictionary)

Also called hyperalimentation, total parenteral nutrition, and TPN.

(Parenteral nutrition, NCI Dictionary)

It is possible to give all of the protein, calories, vitamins and minerals a person needs using hyperalimentation.

(Hyperalimentation, NCI Dictionary)