Definition of Total parenteral nutrition

1. Noun. Administration of a nutritionally adequate solution through a catheter into the vena cava; used in cases of long-term coma or severe burns or severe gastrointestinal syndromes.

Exact synonyms: Hyperalimentation, Tpn
Generic synonyms: Alimentation, Feeding

Medical Definition of Total parenteral nutrition

1. Intravenous feeding that provides patients with all essential nutrients when they are unable to feed themselves. Acronym: TPN (12 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Total Parenteral Nutrition

total fertility rate
total haematuria
total heat
total hyperopia
total hysterectomy
total hysterectomy
total iron binding capacity
total joint arthroplasty
total keratoplasty
total knee joint replacement
total lung capacity
total mastectomy
total necrosis
total or partial anomalous pulmonary venous connections
total parenteral nutrition (current term)
total parenteral nutrition (current term)
total pelvic exenteration
total peripheral resistance
total placenta previa
total push therapy
total quality management
total refractory period
total sclerectasia
total spinal anaesthesia
total suspended particulates
total suspended solids
total synechia
total transfusion
totanus
totanuses

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