TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does total parenteral nutrition mean? 

• TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION (noun)
  The noun TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION 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: TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION (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 ("total parenteral nutrition" is a kind of...):

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

 Context examples 

Also called hyperalimentation, total parenteral nutrition, and TPN.

(Parenteral nutrition, NCI Dictionary)

Also called parenteral nutrition, total parenteral nutrition, and TPN.

(Hyperalimentation, NCI Dictionary)