total parenteral nutrition
- total parenteral nutrition
noun
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
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Med.
intravenous administration of a solution of essential nutrients to patients unable to ingest food, esp. in cases of severe gastrointestinal or malabsorption disorders or prolonged coma.
Abbr.: TPN Also called
hyperalimentation.
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total parenteral nutrition noun (medicine)
Hyperalimentation, the supply of essential nutrients intravenously to patients incapable of ingesting food normally (abbrev TPN)
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