intravenous
/ɪntɹəˈviːnəs/
intravenous adjective: inside the veins.
Adjective
intravenous (not comparable)
- Inside the veins.
- Ikenna had typhoid and had been admitted at the hospital, receiving intravenous injections.2015, Chigozie Obioma, The Fishermen, ONE, page 116
- The inside of the vehicle is pretty sparse and there are no oxygen tanks, intravenous drips or machines that go "ping."2024 January 9, Scott Snowden, “Santa Monica rolls out mobile mental health unit”, in Santa Monica Daily Press
Noun
intravenous (uncountable, abbreviation IV)
intravenous meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
intravenous in Hindi
- अंतःशिरा, इंट्रावीनस
intravenous in Tamil
- நரம்பூடாக, நாளத்தகமான, நாளத்துள்ளான, சிரைக்குள், சிரையில், சிரையுள்
intravenous in Marathi
- अंतःशिरा, इंट्रावीनस, इंट्रावेनस
intravenous in Bengali
- ইন্ট্রাভিনাস, ইন্ট্রাভেনাস, অন্তঃশিরা
More languagesFewer languages
- intravenous in Telugu
- ఇంట్రావీనస్, ఇంట్రావెనస్
- intravenous in Malayalam
- ഇൻട്രാവെനസ്
- intravenous in Kannada
- ಅಭಿಧಮನಿಯೊಳಕ್ಕೆ ಸೇರುವ, ಅಭಿಧಮನಿಯ
- intravenous in Gujarati
- ઇન્ટ્રાવીનસ, ઇન્ટ્રાવેનસ
- intravenous in Odia
- ଶିରାଭ୍ଯ଼ନ୍ତର
- intravenous in Nepali
- इन्ट्रावेनस, इन्ट्रावीनस, इन्ट्राविनस
- intravenous in Indonesian
- intravena
Examples of intravenous in a sentence
- Like an intravenous injection, the remittances also sustained the economy of Toishan.
- What Pollan is describing here is a mild form of ‘punding’, a phenomenon first described by intravenous amphetamine addicts.
- The existing intravenous access is used via branula.
Synonyms of intravenous
- drip
- intravenous drip
- intravenous therapy
Forms of intravenous
| abbreviation | IV |
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Origin of intravenous
From intra- + venous.
Words formed from intravenous
Phrases with intravenous
Questions about intravenous
- What does intravenous mean?
- Intravenous means inside the veins.
- What is intravenous in Hindi?
- Intravenous in Hindi is अंतःशिरा, इंट्रावीनस. See Intravenous meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is intravenous?
- Intravenous can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce intravenous?
- Intravenous is pronounced /ɪntɹəˈviːnəs/ (UK).
Words near intravenous in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: intravenous (page history and authors); intravenous (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); intravenous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intravenous (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); intravenous (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); intravenous (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); intravenous (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); intravenous (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intravenous (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); intravenous (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); intravenous (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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