TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • 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
   Synonym(s)
   • hyperalimentation (what does hyperalimentation mean?)
   • TPN (what does TPN mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) total parenteral nutrition is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • feeding (what does feeding mean?)
   • alimentation (what does alimentation mean?)