total parenteral nutrition









total parenteral nutrition


noun Medicine/Medical.

  1. intravenous administration of a solution of essential nutrients to patients unable to ingest food, especially in cases of severe gastrointestinal or malabsorption disorders or prolonged coma. Abbreviation: TPN

n.

  1. Nutrition maintained entirely by intravenous injection or by some other nongastrointestinal route.
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