parenteral

adjective Anatomy, Medicine/Medical, Physiology.

1. taken into the body in a manner other than through the digestive canal.
2. not within the intestine; not intestinal.

adjective med

1. (esp of the route by which a drug is administered) by means other than through the digestive tract, esp by injection
2. designating a drug to be injected

adj.1905, from para- (1) + Greek enteron “intestine” (see enteric). adj.

1. Located outside the alimentary canal.
2. Taken into the body or administered in a manner other than through the digestive tract, as by intravenous or intramuscular injection.