intravenous

intravenous — adjective

1. Relating to a method of giving medicine or liquid directly into a vein through a

1.形容詞C1
釋義

Relating to a method of giving medicine or liquid directly into a vein through a thin tube.

例句

Sora needed intravenous fluids after losing too much water from the fever.

collocation: intravenous fluids

The nurse inserted an intravenous line into Takeshi's arm before the surgery.

collocation: intravenous line

同義詞
  • IV

    the standard abbreviation, used both as an adjective and a noun in medical settings; far more common in speech than the full form

反義詞
  • oral

    taken by mouth rather than through a vein

  • topical

    applied to the skin rather than injected into a vein

文法句型

intravenous + noun (fluids / injection / line / drip / nutrition)

用法筆記

Frequently placed before a noun such as fluids, injection, line, drip, or nutrition. The abbreviation IV (pronounced "eye-vee") is far more common in everyday hospital talk and can be used both as an adjective (an IV drip) and as a noun (he is on an IV).

常見錯誤

❌The doctor gave an intravenous to the patient.
✅The doctor gave the patient an intravenous injection.
💡Intravenous is an adjective; the thing being delivered is an intravenous injection, drip, or fluid. The noun form is IV or intravenous drip.