Search Result for "total parenteral nutrition":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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;
[syn: total parenteral nutrition, TPN, hyperalimentation]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

total parenteral nutrition
    n 1: 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
         [syn: total parenteral nutrition, TPN,
         hyperalimentation]