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parenteral

adjective/pəˈrɛntərəl/

C1CEFR level
80/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

Relating to nutrition or medication given into the bloodstream rather than through the digestive tract.

As his bowel was non-functioning, nutrition was provided by the parenteral route through a central line.

Topic: Dietetics & nutrition in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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