Intravenous vs. Parenteral — What's the Difference?

Within or administered into a vein.

(Physiology) Located outside the digestive tract.

A drug, nutrient solution, or other substance administered into a vein.

(Medicine) Taken into the body or administered in a manner other than through the digestive tract, as by intravenous or intramuscular injection.

Inside the veins.

(medicine) Administered by some means that avoids the gastrointestinal tract, particularly intravenously or by injection.

(medicine) A dose of medicine administered from a drip, down through a hollow needle inserted into a patient's vein.

Administered by means other than through the alimentary tract (as by intramuscular or intravenous injection)

Within the veins.

Located outside the alimentary tract

Administered by injection into a vein; as, an intravenous antibiotic infusion.

Within or by means of a vein;