PARENTERALLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does parenterally mean? 

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

1. by parenteral means

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PARENTERALLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

By parenteral means

Context example:

the drug is intended to be administered parenterally

Pertainym:

parenteral (administered by means other than through the alimentary tract (as by intramuscular or intravenous injection))

 Context examples 

A sterile solution intended to bathe or flush open wounds or body cavities; they're used topically, never parenterally.

(Irrigant Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Administered parenterally, cefepime inhibits bacterial cell wall synthesis by binding to and inactivating penicillin-binding proteins (PBP) located on the inner membrane of the bacterial cell wall.

(Cefepime Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

A vial that contains a parenteral preparation that can be attached directly to the tubing of a parenterally administered fluid.

(Piggyback Vial, NCI Thesaurus)

Administered parenterally as a phosphate salt, fludarabine phosphate is rapidly dephosphorylated to 2-fluoro-ara-A and then phosphorylated intracellularly by deoxycytidine kinase to the active triphosphate, 2-fluoro-ara-ATP.

(Fludarabine, NCI Thesaurus)

An emulsion consisting of a sterile, pyrogen-free preparation intended to be administered parenterally.

(Emulsion for Injection Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)