Associations to the word «Intravenous»

Wiktionary

INTRAVENOUS, adjective. Inside the veins.
INTRAVENOUS, noun. (medicine) A dose of medicine administered from a drip, down through a hollow needle inserted into a patient's vein.

Dictionary definition

INTRAVENOUS, adjective. Within or by means of a vein; "an intravenous inflammation"; "intravenous feeding".

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