intravenous

What it means

1. not comparableInside the veins.

   Ikenna had typhoid and had been admitted at the hospital, receiving intravenous injections.

   2015, Chigozie Obioma, The Fishermen, ONE, page 116

   1 more example

   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

In a sentence

Ikenna had typhoid and had been admitted at the hospital, receiving intravenous injections.

2015, Chigozie Obioma, The Fishermen, ONE, page 116

Where it comes from

1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁énteros
3. Latin*interus
4. Latinintrā
5. Englishintra-
6. Englishvenous
7. Englishintravenous

From intra- + venous.