INTRAVENOUSLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does intravenously mean? 

• INTRAVENOUSLY (adverb)
  The adverb INTRAVENOUSLY has 1 sense:

1. in an intravenous manner

  Familiarity information: INTRAVENOUSLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTRAVENOUSLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In an intravenous manner

Context example:

the patient had to be fed intravenously

Pertainym:

intravenous (within or by means of a vein)

 Context examples 

Designed to be administered intravenously, indocyanine green solution (ICG) contains less than 5% sodium iodide.

(Indocyanine Green Solution, NCI Thesaurus)

Plasma levels obtained via endotracheal administration are considerably less than those obtained with an equal dosage administered intravenously or intraosseously.

(Endotracheal Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)

Isavuconazole is absorbed easily, given either orally or intravenously, and is hydrolyzed to its active moiety BAL4815 by plasma esterases.

(Isavuconazole, NCI Thesaurus)

It can also be given intravenously to stop heart arrhythmias.

(Lidocaine, NCI Dictionary)

Compared to intravenously administered ixabepilone, the oral formulation provides a more manageable way to administer this agent.

(Oral Ixabepilone, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of computer tomography whereby a contrast medium is administered intravenously or orally prior to X-ray imaging.

(Dynamic Enhanced CT, NCI Thesaurus)

Compared to cidofovir, which is given intravenously, hexadecyloxypropyl-cidofovir shows better oral bioavailability, less toxicity and enhanced cellular penetration.

(Hexadecyloxypropyl Cidofovir, NCI Thesaurus)

When the researchers injected pDox-containing silicon particles intravenously into mice with cancerous tumors, the particles traveled through the blood stream and accumulated at the site of tumors, where blood vessels are leakier.

(Injectable nanoparticles deliver cancer therapy in mice, NIH)

You might take the drugs by mouth, in a shot or intravenously.

(Cancer Chemotherapy, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

A method of euthanization whereby a subject is anesthetized and potassium chloride is administered intravenously to induce cardiac arrest.

(Anesthesia and Intravenous Potassium Chloride Euthanasia, NCI Thesaurus)