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INTRAVENOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Within or by means of a vein
Example:
intravenous feeding
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
vein (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart)
Context examples:
The intravenous administration of red blood cells (whole blood without the plasma) into an individual.
(Packed Red Blood Cell Transfusion, NCI Thesaurus)
Treatment is usually a few days in the hospital for intravenous (IV) fluids, antibiotics, and medicines to relieve pain.
(Pancreatitis, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
It may involve simple changes in a person's diet, or intravenous or tube feeding.
(Nutritional Therapy, NCI Dictionary)
It may be used in the treatment of intravenous opiate addiction or alcohol dependence.
(Naltrexone, NCI Dictionary)
A tube surgically placed into a blood vessel for the purpose of giving intravenous fluid and drugs or for obtaining blood samples.
(Central venous access catheter, NCI Thesaurus)
Upon intravenous administration, c-Met inhibitor SAR125844 binds to c-Met, thereby disrupting c-Met-mediated signal transduction pathways.
(MET Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor SAR125844, NCI Thesaurus)
Upon intravenous administration of ADC AGS-16C3F, the monoclonal antibody moiety of this conjugate selectively binds to ENPP3 then is internalized and undergoes proteolytic cleavage to release MMAF.
(Anti-ENPP3 Antibody-Drug Conjugate AGS-16C3F, NCI Thesaurus)
Upon intravenous administration, autologous CD19-28z CAR-expressing T-lymphocytes are directed to CD19-expressing tumor cells, which induces selective toxicity in CD19-expressing tumor cells.
(Autologous CD19-28z Chimeric Antigen Receptor-expressing T-lymphocytes, NCI Thesaurus)
These studies test the best way to give a new treatment (for example, by mouth, intravenous infusion, or injection) and the best dose.
(phase I trial, NCI Dictionary)
Following intravenous administration, aldoxorubicin binds selectively to the cysteine-34 position of albumin via its maleimide moiety.
(Aldoxorubicin, NCI Thesaurus)
