Associations to the word «Parenteral»

Wiktionary

PARENTERAL, adjective. (medicine) Administered by some means other than oral or rectal intake, particularly intravenously or by injection.

Dictionary definition

PARENTERAL, adjective. Administered by means other than through the alimentary tract (as by intramuscular or intravenous injection).
PARENTERAL, adjective. Located outside the alimentary tract.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats