Meanings
- not comparableInside the veins.
Ikenna had typhoid and had been admitted at the hospital, receiving intravenous injections.
2015, Chigozie Obioma, The Fishermen, ONE, page 1161 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
abbreviation IV
- uncountablemedicineA dose of medicine administered from a drip, down through a hollow needle inserted into a patient's vein.
Get his morphine intravenous started stat!
Synonyms: drip, intravenous drip, intravenous therapy
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA dose of medicine administered from a drip, down through a hollow needle inserted into a patient's vein.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivewithin or by means of a vein
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁énteros
- Latin*interus
- Latinintrā
- Englishintra-
- Englishvenous
- Englishintravenous
Translations
Bulgarian вено́зен
- вено́зен (venózen)inside the veins
Catalan intravenós
- intravenósinside the veins
Czech nitrožilní
- nitrožilníinside the veins
Danish intravenøs
- intravenøsinside the veins
Dutch intraveneus
- intraveneusinside the veins
Finnish laskimonsisäinen, intravenoosinen
- laskimonsisäineninside the veins
- intravenoosineninside the veins
- infuusioa dose of medicine administered from a drip, down through a hollow needle inserted into a patient's vein
French intraveineux, endoveineux
- intraveineuxinside the veins
- endoveineuxinside the veins
German intravenös
- intravenösinside the veins
Hungarian intravénás, infúzió
- intravénásinside the veins
- infúzióa dose of medicine administered from a drip, down through a hollow needle inserted into a patient's vein
Indonesian intravena
- intravenainside the veins
Italian intravenoso, endovenoso
- intravenosoinside the veins
- endovenosoinside the veins
Norwegian Bokmål intravenøs
- intravenøsinside the veins
Polish dożylny
- dożylnyinside the veins
Portuguese intravenoso, endovenoso
- intravenosoinside the veins
- endovenosoinside the veins
- intravenosaa dose of medicine administered from a drip, down through a hollow needle inserted into a patient's vein
Romanian intravenos
- intravenosinside the veins
Russian внутриве́нный
- внутриве́нный (vnutrivénnyj)inside the veins
Slovak vnútrožilový
- vnútrožilovýinside the veins
Spanish intravenoso, endovenoso
- intravenosoinside the veins
- endovenosoinside the veins
- sueroa dose of medicine administered from a drip, down through a hollow needle inserted into a patient's vein
- infusióna dose of medicine administered from a drip, down through a hollow needle inserted into a patient's vein
Swedish intravenös
- intravenösinside the veins
Ukrainian внутрішньове́нний, внутріве́нний
- внутрішньове́нний (vnutrišnʹovénnyj)inside the veins
- внутріве́нний (vnutrivénnyj)inside the veins
Cite this entry
intravenous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intravenous
“intravenous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intravenous. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intravenous,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intravenous.
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