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# intravenous

adjective (intravenous); short form IV

«intravenous» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Intravenous means going into a vein, the tube that carries blood back to the heart. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intravenous/#m1)
2. An intravenous drip or injection gives medicine, food or fluid straight into the blood through a needle in a vein. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intravenous/#m2)

### In the lessons

A medical word heard in hospitals, on TV dramas and in science lessons about blood. It tells the reader that a patient needs medicine fast or cannot eat or drink. Phrases: «intravenous drip», «intravenous fluids», often shortened to «an IV».

### Examples

- The nurse gave her intravenous fluids. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intravenous/#x1)
- He had an intravenous drip in his arm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intravenous/#x2)
- Intravenous medicine works quickly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intravenous/#x3)
- The patient was fed by intravenous feeding for a few days. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intravenous/#x4)
- Doctors chose an intravenous antibiotic. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intravenous/#x5)
- Intravenous means «into a vein». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intravenous/#x6)
- The bag of intravenous fluid hung beside the bed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intravenous/#x7)

### Note

Built from «intra-» (inside) + «venous» (of veins). Do not mix «intra-» (inside) with «inter-» (between). Short form: IV.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «intravenous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intravenous/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«intravenous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/intravenous.html) on Mova free.