Usually means: Administration of substances not orally.
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General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. parenteral: Merriam-Webster
  2. parenteral: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. parenteral: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. parenteral: Collins English Dictionary
  5. parenteral: Vocabulary.com
  6. Parenteral, parenteral: Wordnik
  7. parenteral: Wiktionary
  8. parenteral: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. parenteral: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. parenteral: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. parenteral: Dictionary.com
  12. Parenteral: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. parenteral: Rhymezone
  14. parenteral: FreeDictionary.org
  15. parenteral: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. parenteral: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. parenteral: Encyclopedia

Medicine (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. parenteral: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Parenteral: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. AIDSinfo Glossary (No longer online)
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Lay Terms for Consent Forms (No longer online)
  7. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  8. AIDS Medical Glossary and Drug Chart (No longer online)
  9. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  10. parenteral: Medical dictionary
  11. Parenteral: Brain Injury
  12. Parenteral: Drug Medical Dictionary
  13. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

(Note: See parenterally as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (parenteral)

▸ adjective:  (medicine) Administered by some means that avoids the gastrointestinal tract, particularly intravenously or by injection.

Similar:
per-rectal, per rectal, internal, extraperineal, pericutaneous, percutaneous, paravenous, intravenous, intravital, intraileal, more...

Types:
intramuscular, subcutaneous, intravenous, transdermal, topical, more...

Phrases:
Parenteral nutrition, parenteral therapy, parenteral alimentation, parenteral hyperalimentation, parenteral solution, more...

Adjectives:
oral, total, prolonged, enteral, term, pediatric, large, available, usual, selective, volume

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Similar:
per-rectal, per rectal, internal, extraperineal, pericutaneous, percutaneous, paravenous, intravenous, intravital, intraileal, more...

Types:
intramuscular, subcutaneous, intravenous, transdermal, topical, more...

Phrases:
Parenteral nutrition, parenteral therapy, parenteral alimentation, parenteral hyperalimentation, parenteral solution, parenteral exposure, parenteral infusions, total parenteral nutrition, more...

Adjectives:
oral, total, prolonged, enteral, term, pediatric, large, available, usual, selective, volume



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